Q about micro architecture

[SpaZM]

this might sound silly.. but what is .13u mircon?...and how does it differ from .18?

[Fiz]

Basically it refers to the size of the transistors in the core. The smaller they are the faster they can switch while usuing less power to do so.

Fiz

[IceMan3928]

and that equals less heat :D , just to give you an idea of the size their working with here, a human hair is 100 microns in diameter and the wavelength of light is somewhere around .15u i think!

[SpaZM]

Thanks!