Nanoacre

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nanoacre
       
           /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)