May 15, 2003

nanoacre

/nan´oh·ay`kr/ n.

A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI chip. The term gets its giggle value from the fact that VLSI nanoacres have costs in the same range as real acres once one figures in design and fabrication-setup costs.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:37 AM

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