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		valarauca1 on July 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM says it has made working versions of 7nm chips The M68k was produced on a 3500nm process, which at 7nm you can fit 2 whole M68k dyes within an original M68k's transistor.

Keyframe on July 9, 2015 [–]

That would mean that with 7nm process once could fit ~136000 (68000*2) M68ks in its original dye. Mind-boggling.

intrasight on July 9, 2015 | [–]

Mind duly boggled.

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