nanoacre

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nanoacre - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  nanoacre
  
     <unit, humour> /nan'oh-ay"kr/ A unit (about 2 mm square) of
     real estate on a VLSI integrated circuit.  VLSI nanoacres
     have costs in the same range as real acres once one allows for
     design and fabrication setup costs.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-09-20)
  

nanoacre - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 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.