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justThisGuyYouKnow 1 point ago +1 / -0

Just for future reference; a typical atom is 0.1 nanometers. If you put four hydrogen atoms on a carbon atom, you have a methane molecule (which by itself is an odorless gas).

Obviously, a virus consists of many molecules. A typical virus will have ~1000 protein molecules that together consists of millions of atoms. Hence, a viral particle is many times larger than an atom.

Also, when nvidia says they make their GPUs on an 8 nm process, it means that the gate length of the transistors is roughly 80 atoms long. That's insanely small. A modern GPU has ~29 billion transistors.