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quantumsheep   05-03-2007 at 08:45:11 AM
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let us know when it makes a product.



Word.

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endyen   05-03-2007 at 08:47:23 AM
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For those who dont want to read the article, It's about printed circuits, not processors.

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Lyngvi   05-03-2007 at 09:55:33 AM
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I know they don't release something based on this technique tomorrow, but why couldn't that change in the near future?

Not processors but printed Circuits :oops: got me all confused now.

If it's already so difficult to make something at 45nm with current techniques and somebody invents 15nm, why wouldn't that have an impact on what is used 2-3 years from now?

Lyngvi.

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Dahak   05-03-2007 at 10:48:50 AM
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That would be a nifty piece of technology if it can be put to practical use.Maybe even make processors derived from the technology itself.

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plankmeister   05-03-2007 at 10:51:17 AM
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The tool consists of a module that fits into a mask aligner. The module is used to create the patterns for wires and transistors on a substrate.



There are some key words highlighted there... This is not for printed circuits. It is for the creation of ICs.

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enewmen   05-03-2007 at 10:54:19 AM
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15nm was done years ago in labs. So was X-Ray Lithography.
"Batches of microprocessors have already been produced."

K.Early, M.L.Schattenberg and H.I.Smith, Absence of Resolution Degradation in X-ray Lithography, Microelectronic Engineering vol. 11, pp 317-321 (1990)

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