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For Nanoscale Chip Wiring, it’s All About Flowing Copper

nanochip For Nanoscale Chip Wiring, its All About Flowing Copper

If you were to slice up a microchip and take a look (you’d need a really powerful microscope, I’m afraid) you would see what looks like a nanoscale layer cake. All the active circuit elements – transistors, memory cells etc. – are on the bottom. The other 90% of the chip is a maze of [...]