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To: tejek who wrote (278936)3/7/2006 7:07:51 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572060
 
"Do you know why miniaturization leads to less reliability?"

Because some aspects of the circuitry are approaching atomic dimensions. For example, the gate oxide for the transistors is about 4 molecules thick. Which is why Intel didn't decrease this thickness when they went to 65nm.