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Re:The Race to 10/7nm by dingo_bat on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:30PM (#14457537)
> At what point do the transistors actually have to start dealing with (can they deal with) quantum/thermal/structural effects of being so small.

I think that was about a decade ago. These things simply cannot work if they ignore the quantum effects at their size.

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Re:The Race to 10/7nm by toufka on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:41PM (#14463165)
I guess the better way to ask is when do those effects dominate rather than merely effect. At what point do structure and feature type need to actually change?
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