As more and more transistors are packed onto silicon integrated circuits (ICs) during the next decade and a half, the lengths of the smallest chip features will shrink to nearly the molecular scale.

• 在未来的15年内，当越来越多的电晶体挤到矽积体电路（IC）后，晶片上图案的最小长度将会缩小到接近分子的尺寸。