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9/19/02, 04:41am

Lightning Rods for Nanoelectronics
Electrostatic discharges threaten to halt further shrinking and acceleration of electronic devices in the future

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=0005EE17-BE00-1D7F-90FB809EC5880000

fury

9/19/02, 10:50am

NOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo! :bolt:

I want my 0.0000001 micron Athlon XXXP 17,000,000+! :crying3:

:headbang:

9/19/02, 10:57am

Yeah, me too, only problem is fury, it will require a 3 ton heatsink with a 4,000,000 cubic feet per second fan blowing on it constantly to keep it under 200 C.

Shadowfax

9/19/02, 04:51pm

:D

Nitrogen cooled CPU's...there's nothing weird about that, isn't it, PT? :)

9/19/02, 04:53pm

I don't see a problem with it.

Shadowfax

9/19/02, 05:01pm

Neither do I....problem solved. fury can have his CPU :headbang:

Luis G

9/19/02, 09:26pm

and he will also need a nuclear plant to feed power to that beast.

Gonz

9/20/02, 02:03am

someody will figure a fix. not to worry.