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How were "old" chips manufactured, such as the 6502?
Recently, there have been several youtube vids (example) talking about how modern CPUs are manufactured. Basically, it's a complex nightmare of dropping molten tin and lighting it with light, which ...
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Why don't we make CPUs with 1000s of layers to make use of space in the third dimension?
I am wondering why don't we make processors such as CPUs with 1000s of stacked layers to make use of space in the third dimension now that we have three-dimensional transistors. To be clear I'm ...
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