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World's smallest microcontroller looks like I could easily accidentally inhale it but packs a genuine 32-bit Arm CPU (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

This article was written by someone who only knows buzz words. They said it's "not just the silicon(edited from silicone), but the entire microcontroller" what do they think processors have other than silicone?

Edit: silicone->silicon

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They're referencing the package as a whole, plastic casing, gold internal wiring, etc. and the silicon die in the center of it all.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today -1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

This still makes no sense, because the gold wiring is a huge cost. Why dafuq wouldn't current manufacturing encourage smaller packages? And there has been a push to make things thinner since ad memorium, so why wouldn't they have made the die slimmer?

Edit: good to know the hive mind still exists.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You're asking why they didn't make the package thinner than like .1mm thick...?

Or are you commenting on some sense of surprise that someone would want to make small things, or something? If so, not sure what you're referring to.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm saying there is no reason to say this microcontroller is vastly different from current products on the market.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

Sure there is.

As far as I know this is the smallest full microcontroller package on the market. Which is what makes it interesting and why we are here talking about it.

Are there others?

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no silicone at all in microprocessors but silicon.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

You're right, I don't type that word into my phone much so the autocorrect effed me. I'll edit for clarity.

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

You forgot to edit the second silicone at the end of your sentence.