News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone. Parent comment

Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by solstice on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:03AM (#45413188)
Mindblowing to see the staggeringly high tower of tech upon which modern chips are build. Machines capable of nanometer-precision movements at speeds subjecting their parts to 7G of acceleration... 25KW lasergun pew-pewing tin droplets 50k times per second... The sheer complexity of modern chip designs...

It really evokes Douglas Adams' quip that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by peaseagee on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:17AM (#45414892)
Just FYI, that was Arthur C. Clarke. Douglas Adams is also extremely quotable, just that one wasn't his.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by solstice on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:47AM (#45415259)
Oh thank you! Should have listened to my inner voice pushing me to verify the quote's origin
[ Parent | on HN ]