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Silicon transistors allowed computers to shrink from the size of houses to watches in a short time, but engineers are facing a problem: we ve almost hit the limit on how small silicon transistors can get. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D. A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: Personal interview with Dr. Eric Pop Images: