Quake Measured 7.6 at Southern Sumatra

Just heard the news after come back for dinner just now. Gosh, everyone says the felt the quake, but I don't even feel a thing when I was in Lab.

This shows how concentrated I was during Lab session just now. TA-ing. *hur hur hur*

Anyway, here are some stats and news.

1. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mebz.html#details
2. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE58T2Q220090930
3. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aD4AfO9ipyKU

Quad Breakdown

(from CollegeHumor)

Calvin and Hobbes for September 24, 2009

Intel Atom 32nm Chip in Q4

Really surprise me when saw the articles. I thought my semicon lecturer told us that its very hard to shrink the Gate Length of MOSFET beyond 45nm. Imagine the technical challenges that one will face, how they going to fabricate the chip in terms of photolithography. The wavelength of shortest visible light source (violet - 380nm) which is used in the process is way bigger than the gate length of the MOSFET.

Anyway, more readings here.

• http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/MDXOrl_nqPY/arm-attacks-atom-with-2ghz-a9-can-servers-be-far-behind.ars
• http://laptopcom.blogspot.com/2008/12/intel-sets-release-date-of-32-nm-chip.html
• http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081209006560&newsLang=en

Imperial Restaurant

Had our lunch at Imperial Restaurant, Vivo City - The shop that Jiawei keep on recommend us to go. Haha.

The food there is indeed good, and its not expensive either. What I like most is the prawn noodle and the egg tart.

Just one thing that I must comment about - The collocation of items in the restaurant. The restaurant name suggested its Chinese cuisine. Nothing wrong with that. But the chairs inside... its so state-of-the-art/modern cushion design. And the menu - its angmoh-model-wearing-cheongsam-eating-chinese-food. Well, just feel the whole atmosphere is weird. =)