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Now, the Würzburg team has bypassed that barrier using optical antennas to create a 300 by 300 nanometer pixel — about one-millionth of a millimeter.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
In that scheme, nanometers-thick layers of polycrystalline diamond would be integrated within the dielectric layers above the transistors to spread heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Rare earths are vital for chip assembly and the new regulations pointedly state that government export licenses are now required for any rare earths used in semiconductor manufacturing or testing equipment, including sub-14-nanometer chips, or high-spec memory chips.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
After the mirror is painstakingly removed from its mount, engineers check for particles and chemically strip away the old layer of aluminum before adding a shiny new layer just 80 nanometers thick, a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
In that scheme, nanometers-thick layers of polycrystalline diamond would be integrated within the dielectric layers above the transistors to spread heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Rare earths are vital for chip assembly and the new regulations pointedly state that government export licenses are now required for any rare earths used in semiconductor manufacturing or testing equipment, including sub-14-nanometer chips, or high-spec memory chips.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
After the mirror is painstakingly removed from its mount, engineers check for particles and chemically strip away the old layer of aluminum before adding a shiny new layer just 80 nanometers thick, a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm
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