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		colechristensen on Oct 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Report: TSMC's 3nm Fab Could Cost $20B The closest distance between silicon atoms in a crystal is about 235pm, there's not much room with picometers for processor design.

Aeolun on Oct 10, 2017 [–]

How do you even pass electrons through a line 6 atoms wide... :S

colechristensen on Oct 10, 2017 | [–]

Something like mixing legos with 3d printing and quantum mechanics.

https://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v7/n7/full/nnano.2012.9...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-atom_transistor

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