Right, that was my point, hence the "/s". The bits don't come in one end, travel straight across, and exit! Hundreds of miles traversed.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z17 Its all the intricate winding conductors inside. And signals tend to travel at 70% of speed of light. Not like straight line wires in the 500 mile email story. On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, the chips are only an inch or so across, right? So it fits! /s > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 10:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z17 > > 5.5GHz is a 2 inch 5 cm signal. 10 GHz would require a signal length > of 1 inch 2.5 cm. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
