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To: Paul V. who wrote (64983)	7/22/2002 4:08:47 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Paul, no need for an engineer. micro=1000x nano. About the size of my portfolio. [end]

To: Paul V. who wrote (64983)	7/22/2002 4:34:34 PM
From: XBrit	Respond to of 70976

1 micron (um) is the same as 1000 nanometers (nm). The latest chips (e.g. Pentium 4) are at 0.13um mimimum feature size, or 130nm. Today's reports refer to features of 0.065um, or 65nm, so that's half the feature size of the chips you can buy at Costco. Just a steady incremental evolution, not any kind of breakthrough. Note that early demos of a feature size typically precede manufacturing by several years. 65 nm won't be in manufacturing for 3-5 years minimum. My first job out of school, in 1985, was working at IBM research on early technology demonstrations of small working chips at 0.5um That feature size didn't go into manufacturing until the 90's.