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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (1939)	1/30/1999 11:16:00 PM
From: QuietWon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2946

wow, katherine, you know your stuff! can you answer the following: from what I am knowledgeable about, there is a theoretical limit(all else being equal/held the same) to the number of subdivisions possible for example, with typical silicon, there are about 20 atomic spaces, giving rise to a theoretical limit of ~ .05u - correct? Also, there are a lot of power losses - correct? Now, using different material, we can increase the power efficiency and we can potentially subivide further eg. GaAs much more efficient than regular silicon, but costs more - correct? eg. Silicon Nitride still more power efficient and can subdivide further, say into the single digit nanometer range - correct?