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Interesting article on the history of microchip production. The evolution of manufacturing technology and how miniaturization is approaching the limits allowed by physics.

https://physicsworld.com/a/moores-law-further-prog...

here is a small snip.... much more at the link

Tiny progress IBM says it can fit 50 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail using its latest 2nm chip technology. (Courtesy: IBM)

We are certainly not yet done with Moore's law. Although 2 nm is barely the width of 10 silicon atoms, remember the transistors in 2 nm chips aren't actually that small; the distance from one gate to another is nearer to 50 nm (the so-called 'gate pitch') so there is a bit more room to play with.

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