This. Wife knows my computer password, and Chrome knows the rest. What the f*ck do I care? I'm dead!

Came here to say this. Silicon wins again.

Wondering this too. If I'm gonna spend this much, I want an Ice Cream Sandwich phone, not something made to run last year's software.

You were talking about integrated microchannels for cooling, right? Or through hole vias patterned into the die? That's what I'm talking about. Digging holes in the crystal and/or depositing metal both cause the wafer to warp.

synthetic diamonds

When diamond becomes as cheap and plentiful as silicon... Lots of research already into using diamond for high voltage power semiconductor devices.

The more 3D features you pattern onto a wafer, the more mechanical stress you create. This is especially true when you integrate features with different materials and different coefficients of thermal expansion. Such features can increase the warpage and bow of the wafer to such a point, that the fabrication equipment can no longer handle the wafer. It becomes like trying to feed a potato chip into a CD changer.

The larger the wafer, the worse this problem becomes, and today they're running very large 12" wafers that are quite sensitive to mechanical stress. Also, the SOI wafers are more prone to warpage than single crystal silicon.

So, the *real* 3D integration you're taking about is very difficult.

Umm... call me crazy, but maybe she was retaliating for him repeatedly beating the crap out of her.

the mobile site got a huge overhaul by comparison, complete with bloaty icons. just what I needed. slower load times when I open my phone's browser.

Thanks elrous0

Curious to know the total cost of the project, i.e. dollars per Watt. The article doesn't specify whether Google is the sole investor.

I think you missed something.

Please stop blaming the O/S. In my experience, malware problems are 1% system + 99% uneducated user.

I've run every version of Windows since 3.11 (and a few versions of DOS before that). Never had so much as a single malware issue. I'm sure many here would say the same.

Maybe every O/S installer should end with an exam. If you pass the exam, you get admin. If not, you get a 1-800 number.

Adult fantasy can become popular, if you don't bore people out of their chairs. Watchmen was a horribly long, boring mess. Heroes is another example. It was painful to watch the last couple seasons. Folks might consider taking notes from HBO. TrueBlood = wildly popular adult fantasy. We'll see about Game of Thrones... looks cool too.