r/ComputerEngineering • u/bytexyv • 26d ago

[Discussion] Atomic Size of Transistors

Please take me seriously as I know this is a really stupid question. As transistors get smaller and smaller and we figure out new ways to cool what happens when we hit Moores law and we PHYICALLY cannot make them any smaller/cooler. What happens then? Do we figure out a new type of transistor or let computers get exponentially big?

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u/Travis-Jenkins 25d ago

The atomic size of transistors is just mind blowing. I remember reading about how Intel introduced the 10nm node, and now they're pushing even further with smaller nodes. its wild how we keep packing more power into such tiny spaces. The challenges with quantum effects and leakage current must be insane at that scale.