>It’s 1/10,000 smaller than a human hair strand!
No. Single elements, of the billions that are in the chip, may have features that are that small.
When they talk about the 5nm chips - 5nm is the smallest feature size (ie. the width of the transistors, the wires that connect the transistors, etc.)
The chip itself contains billions of those.
To get that small, it IS a very hard process.
https://www.futurescope.co/ibm-5nm-chips-30-billion-transistors/
Okay, here's the previous sentence.
>Let’s also not ignore the fact that these semiconductor chips are smaller than human hair! How small? It’s 1/10,000 smaller than a human hair strand!
That's simply not true. If you have some source to indicate otherwise, please share.
Taking your interpretation, which probably isn't what the original author intended, it is still wrong. Chips aren't the size of "almost 1" human hair.
Intel bringing chip-making back to the states?
"The new CEO also ring-fenced $20bn to build a pair of new fabs in Arizona, USA, which he said will help the foundry business and generally ensure Intel has the capacity it needs. Future investments in the European Union and America were mentioned, including an Intel bid for a fab dedicated to military applications."
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/24/intel_gelsinger_strategy/
I know it's a thing here (and has always been), but harping on grammatical errors? 'cmon man. You can do better than that.
"Intel offers to produce car chips for automakers stalled by ongoing semiconductor supply drought
Also, President Biden hosts meeting to mull over silicon shortage"
Intel tries to help, while our powerful president does what he does best. Mull.
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(A little research doesn't take much. Let's inform and be helpful for our fellow anons and the randos and assho media that show up to find their next story.)
As my old cellphone has a bulging battery, and my computer is bulging a second time (thanks Apple for not agreeing to fix it again), I realized the following:
The battery charging circuitry is programmable - that is, it turns off when the battery is charged enough, so as to not cause an explosion.
It may be possible to remotely target a device and change the parameters for battery charging to remove those limitations and cause explosion or fire.
Just speculating.