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[mike306oh]

Just think about, what does this means:

http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA6289622?nid=2019&rid=1953493990

Is this the begining of the Si chip? If so, why? All low nano feature size entusiastics here (like Chip that first brought the InSb news) fail to recognize that further scalling down (below 45 nm) process doesn't go as smothly as initially expected. The 2004 ITRS roadmap predicted 32 nm by 2007, and one year later Intel already is pushing it to 2009. Why? And if this is the way to go (making the More's law work beyond 2015), why then looking at alteratives: (i) short-lived, like InSb, and (ii) integrated optics (the photonics division I see is alive and well)?

InSb, or other III-V combination will give Intel enough time (IMO) to develop the final all-integrated-optics chip. I said it before, and I'll say it again (although I know damn well people like Chipguy will jump at me again).

Mike