Cecil and Gretta come to you and tell you that using the oh-so-advanced puppy te

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Cecil and Gretta come to you and tell you that using the oh-so-advanced puppy technology they have invented a microchip 1 cm^2 size which can run at a clock speed of 300,000 GHz. For the low, low price of 10,000 dog treats they will let you invest in their pup-staner fund. Would you invest in their company so that they can manufacture and market their new invention? Since this is Cecil and Gretta we are talking about, the answer should be obvious, but explain your answer consider how far the signal could travel in each clock cycle. (The speed of light c = 3 times 10^8 m/sec. 300,000 GHz = 3 times 10^14/sec.)

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area of the chip = 1 cm^2

dimension of the chip , a = sqrt(1 cm^2)

a = 1 cm

number of cycles each second = 300000 GHz

number of cycles each second = 3 *10^14 Hz

speed of signal to complete this number of cycles = 1 cm * 3 *10^14 Hz

speed of signal to complete this number of cycles = 3 *10^12 m/s

as this speed is far greater than speed of light , this is not possible

hence , we will NOT invest in this startup

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