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Sorry, it doesn't work that way
You're being a bit glib in thinking that the almost infinite brain power that is the computer industry would overlook such a simple solution. Sorry, one more layer wont help. In fact, most CPU's already have several layers of interconnects. Last year's rendition of the Athlon XP Throughbread core upped it's level to nine. The big problem here is the exponential growth in complexity you introduce when upping metal layers. Also, CPU dies emit a downright nastly amount of heat. With the fan removed and without any overheating failsafes, most any CPU will heat up to about 700 degrees Farenheight in about 6 seconds. CPUs desperately need all the surface area they can get. If you can make a cubic CPU the sucker would put off so much heat and have so little relative surface area for it's volume the poor sucker would explode even if it sat in a bath of liquid nitrogen.
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Moore's Law and Intel  cbradshaw@... | 12/01/03
An much more fundamental limit...  Jomo_z | 12/01/03
... Exactly Correct, and also the masses do not need more CPU Power.  Gizmo_z | 12/02/03
The Itanium is not a consumer CPU.  balsover | 12/02/03
3rd dimension ?  Goulu | 12/01/03
2008  Peter Komisar | 12/01/03
And how much do you want to pay?  Gizmo_z | 12/02/03
Sorry, it doesn't work that way  HalcyonSeven | 12/02/03
Intel scientists running out of tricks  MarcB_z | 12/01/03
Re: Re: Intel scientists running out of tricks  issthatso | 12/01/03
Get a clue  Prognosticator | 12/01/03
Got a clue, do you?  MarcB_z | 12/01/03
They both  rkadowns | 12/01/03
True  MarcB_z | 12/01/03
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They are meant to be developing  quantumstate | 06/12/06
RE: valence orbit  JCitizen | 04/27/04
Are you paying attention?  balsover | 12/02/03
RISC development Cycle is still robust  MarcB_z | 12/02/03
Light Cubes  tomr1yarbrough | 12/01/03
Very true and I agree, this is the next step.  rkadowns | 12/01/03
They will find a way.  DonnieBoy | 12/01/03
Brain Speed  Nullifidian | 12/01/03
Brain speed....not!  Jomo_z | 12/01/03
Brain Speed  medezark | 04/26/04
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IA64 Not going to happen for Desktop  Gizmo_z | 12/02/03
64 bit computing is on the desktop NOW  MarcB_z | 12/02/03
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Yes it is badly worded  quantumstate | 06/12/06
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