Posted on Apr 21, 2025
TSMC's upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here's what it means for the future of tech —...
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On April 1, 2025, the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC introduced the world's most advanced microchip: the 2 nanometre (2nm) chip. Mass production is expected for the second half of the year, and TSMC promises it will represent a major step forward in performance and efficiency — potentially reshaping the technological landscape.
Microchips are the foundation of modern technology, found in nearly all electronic devices, from electric toothbrushes and smartphones to laptops and household appliances. They are made by layering and etching materials like silicon to create microscopic circuits containing billions of transistors.
These transistors are effectively tiny switches, managing the flow of electricity and allowing computers to work. In general, the more transistors a chip contains, the faster and more powerful it becomes.
Microchips are the foundation of modern technology, found in nearly all electronic devices, from electric toothbrushes and smartphones to laptops and household appliances. They are made by layering and etching materials like silicon to create microscopic circuits containing billions of transistors.
These transistors are effectively tiny switches, managing the flow of electricity and allowing computers to work. In general, the more transistors a chip contains, the faster and more powerful it becomes.
TSMC's upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here's what it means for the future of tech —...
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Electronics has come a long way since Bell Laboratories created the first transistor in 1946. I remember the race to create the first integrated circuit (IC) to hold one megabyte of memory. By today's standards that is primitive technology but at the time it was cutting edge.
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My first computer was a Gateway, Win95, 100k speed, 4mg memory, 12k dial-up modem that took forever, a monitor that looked like a big TV, at a cost saving of $2000, delivered to your address.
BUT, the silver linning was, I broke it so much, usully abuser caused, learned how to fix it so good, the learning of that gave me the experence to build, repair, usage of software, that I made more money back than the $2000 it cost me.
The only same thing from using that Gateway and now, with my highend system is, the same user/abuser.
By the way, Win95 had 25 floppies for the OS install, and alot of time waiting for each floopy to load.
Later working at the US Navy Ship Repair Facility, my Gateway was high tect compaired to the navy system at the time. That was a 286 with a 5" floopy disk, no mouse, F-key operations, and it took 20 miniutes to warm up.
BUT, the silver linning was, I broke it so much, usully abuser caused, learned how to fix it so good, the learning of that gave me the experence to build, repair, usage of software, that I made more money back than the $2000 it cost me.
The only same thing from using that Gateway and now, with my highend system is, the same user/abuser.
By the way, Win95 had 25 floppies for the OS install, and alot of time waiting for each floopy to load.
Later working at the US Navy Ship Repair Facility, my Gateway was high tect compaired to the navy system at the time. That was a 286 with a 5" floopy disk, no mouse, F-key operations, and it took 20 miniutes to warm up.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
~~~ a 286 with a 5" floppy disk, no mouse, F-key operations, and it took 20 minutes to warm up.~~~ Also My 1st, And As I Recall Those Floppies Held So Little Information We Had To Keep Exchanging Them, Back & Forth To Use Various Pieces To Get/Use The Programs. ~~ I Finally Tossed In The Towel And Only Used Mine To Produce Address Labels For Mailers. ~~ BTW I Still Have Some Of Those Floppies Laying Around And On My Computer Shelf I Have An Unopened Box Of ""3M 1.44 MB, Formatted IBM High Density DS HD, 3.5 Diskettes" WITH A Lifetime Warrantee ~ (Just Read That On The Box)
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No wonder, China wants to take over Taiwan! We can't let that happen IMHO!
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Makes Me Wonder: "Will That Take Place Before Or After We Annex Canada, Take Back Control Of The Panama Canal And Take Over Greenland, Even By Military Force If Necessary"? ~~ Just A Little Something I've Been Thinking About.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
OOPS ~~ I Forgot To Ask; "How Many Of You Are Purchasing New Leisure Homes When The Former Gaza Strip Is Converted Into A Recreational Facilities For The Tourists With Leisure Homes For The Wealthy"?
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Silicon Shield. lol. However many phones and computers are made (and/or assembled) in China which doesn't match the political rhetoric about levels of mistrust.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
And If You Listen Carefully To Many Of The TV Ads,
You'll Hear: "And Assembled Right Here In The United States
With American Union Labor". Exactly "Assembled Here" ~
With All Production Parts from Elsewhere.
You'll Hear: "And Assembled Right Here In The United States
With American Union Labor". Exactly "Assembled Here" ~
With All Production Parts from Elsewhere.
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