What do you think about Intel's new tri-gate transistor announcement?

[Ed.Kloonk]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20059431-64.html

What is 3D exactly?
It can get confusing very quickly because there are a few technical terms being bandied about to describe the new transistor structure. Intel calls it generically 3D but technically it's a Tri-Gate transistor (see image below). The traditional flat two-dimensional "planar" gate is replaced with a thin three-dimensional silicon fin that rises up vertically from the silicon substrate.

[allanw]

I'm amazed we can keep shrinking the process by the same amount time after time, considering how crappy the performance of short-channel transistors are (other than raw speed).