Posts by nkm

Microsoft splurges 2½ INSTAGRAMS buying Minecraft maker Mojang

"...with 90 per cent of paid customers on the PC version signing on during the last 12 months."

Here in the UK that implies something rather different about their user base!

Future of storage: Micron bets chips on 3D NAND flash – but NOT YET

Re: Remedial math

You could fit 50x50=2500 20nm features into a μm^2, and 6.25x6.25=3906 16nm features. I make that 56% more, you'd need to drop to 14 to double the density of 20.

If you're assuming that it's a true 3D stack then fair enough (125K v. 244k / μm^3), but that would imply you're reducing the die depth at the same time as feature size.

Is that the case? I'm not a wafer expert.

Future car tech

Eat virtual lead

The DICE must be aimed at the gangster market, since the model appears to be performing a virtual drive-by shooting...

PARIS pumps up a Mk 2 release mechanism

Freezing? what about boiling?

The boiling point of water at 20,000m is 14C, if you've heavily insulated the mechanism then are you sure it won't start to boil and release prematurely?