So we’ve run out of surface area and going all multi-core has only helped so much. What now? One way to go is up. Skyscraper chips Think of it this way: when humans had taken up too much of the “ground floor” they started making skyscrapers. A similar effect is envisioned for chips and storage – going “3D” – so to speak. The only problem at the moment is that these new chips can only be written on once – making the oft used capability of rewriting your flash storage obsolete.
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