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The computers that put man on the moon were no more powerful than a desktop calculator; you probably have a USB that has more memory than the Apollo Guidance Computer. Rapid improvements in computing technology over the past forty years owe a lot to miniaturization. Joel Werner reports on a team of Australian scientists responsible for a quantum leap in silicon chip technology.

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