can someone help me understand how this new small memory circuit works.?

Question

Why do the size of the microchips keep decreasing yet the memory keeps increasing? What do we owe this to? Why do semiconductors play a major role? Also why is the choice of the wire so important?

Why do the size of the microchips keep decreasing yet the memory keeps increasing? What do we owe this to? Why do semiconductors play a major role? Also why is the choice of the wire so important?
Why do the size of the microchips keep decreasing yet the memory keeps increasing? What do we owe this to? Why do semiconductors play a major role? Also why is the choice of the wire so important?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/25/densest.memory.circuit.ap/index.html
http://www.livescience.com/technology/070130_memory_chip.html
theres some info on those links

Answer 1

Memory gets smaller because the people who make memory are getting better and better at what they do. It's important to make things smaller because it allows computation speed to increase.

Semiconductors play a major role because that's what they make circuitry out of.

Wire? I don't know much about that but they do need to make connections to that small stuff!