How can so much information be put into such a small chip?
May 14, 2018 19:46:02 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
First we had video tape to store our movies on and I wondered why because everything was moving to digital. Result, huge video cameras, etc. Now at last the "chip" has been miniaturized and it seems to me too small, even dangerous to use around people who could swallow or loose them. And, this isn't only limited to camcorders but to digital SLR cameras as well. Everything is so small when it comes to digital equipment nowdays!! I am not complaining one bit, I'm amazed. Again, how do the scientists or someone make a chip with so much information so SMALL? In the "old days" everyone was amazed at things that were BIG! I understand a lot about bits and bytes but so small the chip needs a frame to enter the computer, etc. ---- LOL
May 14, 2018 20:14:34 #
I've been amazed at how much information is stored in GPS units. I believe most store maps for the United States and Canada. Imagine how many street addresses and corresponding GPS coordinates there are across the entire United States and Canada. If you watch a GPS while you are driving it also shows parks and bodies of water. The boundaries of these bodies of water are accurately displayed, It even shows smaller bodies of water such as creeks. That's just an enormous amount of information that is stored.
May 14, 2018 20:17:31 #
May 14, 2018 20:23:24 #
If you're talking about a micro SDHC, that's just the case that holds the actual chip.
The chip inside is probably a quarter the size or smaller.
The chip inside is probably a quarter the size or smaller.
May 14, 2018 20:26:06 #
.... and a shoe box full of pictures can fit on a SD card and weigh the same as an empty card. Mind boggling.
May 14, 2018 21:17:21 #
Thank the Space Program and President Kennedy setting the goal of getting to the moon by the end of the decade. This required new materials, smaller and more robust electronics and the beginning of miniaturization.
May 14, 2018 21:50:41 #
ballsafire wrote:
Call it Technology. Besides the size, the additional functions that are getting added.First we had video tape to store our movies on and... (show quote)
May 14, 2018 22:12:36 #
Moore's Law says chip density will double every 18 months. 50 years later it's holding up.
May 15, 2018 06:08:27 #
LarryFitz
Loc: Beacon NY
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Thank the Space Program and President Kennedy setting the goal of getting to the moon by the end of the decade. This required new materials, smaller and more robust electronics and the beginning of miniaturization.
I agree, not only did it move technology, but it out many people to work. Work that for many could easily be reused it other areas in USA economy. Boo to all that said it was a waste to send all that money up into space.
May 15, 2018 07:47:39 #
May 15, 2018 08:08:21 #
Personally I believe that a part of it is when computers could be used to design the chips was a major turning point in both capacity and small size...
ballsafire wrote:
First we had video tape to store our movies on and... (show quote)
May 15, 2018 08:22:50 #
ballsafire wrote:
First we had video tape to store our movies on and... (show quote)
When I worked in the chip industry 20 years ago, they were about to go to basically an electron microscope level of inspection of the chips because the connecting wires were so small they couldn't be viewed with visible light because the wavelength of visible light wouldn't allow it. That's a lot of stuff in a small area.
May 15, 2018 08:43:13 #
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May 15, 2018 09:42:21 #
And to think this modern technology started all those years ago with transitors.
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