Thursday, July 18, 2002

In the suburbs of where big things are taking place Albany Chosen as Research Hub for Next-Generation Chips. Computer chip makers plan to build a major center for research and development on the next generation of microchips at the State University of New York at Albany. By Richard PÉrez-peÑa. [New York Times: Technology] Is it wrong to wonder "Where do I get my cut?" ;-)  The process and device guys around here should be happy. The circuit guys such as me... not so much. 2:01:47 AM    Categories: Pushing rectangles... The ILD is falling! The ILD is falling! Chicken feathers! They may replace silicon microchips. San Francisco Chronicle Jul 16 2002 3:03AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Okay, I'm already tired of this story. So far, the only "discovery" is that chicken feathers are a dielectric. Well, if it's not a semiconductor and not a metal... They even mention in some versions of the article that reducing permitivity with air spaces is already a research topic. If you will forgive what may sound like "stop energy", this only becomes a discovery when you can produce a dielectric constant that is consistent and predictable. (Even then, it's only a triva footnote unless you can then make it manufacturable, but first things first.) 1:56:51 AM    Categories: Pushing rectangles...

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