How long is a Planck unit in nanometers? In looking up the question on the web I read it is the unit of measure where classical physics turns in to a "foam" and where quantum mechanics starts to apply.

Given that new computer chips are built in the realm of quantum mechanics and that the width of a "transistor" bridge is about 65 nanometers, the explanation of a Planck unit sounds as if it is not that many nanometers long - but I suspect that assumption is very wrong.
Jim

The Planck length defines the length scale where physicists since the late John Archibald Wheeler have generally expected that spacetime becomes "foamy". Numerically

• 65 nanometers is about 6.5 x 10^{-10} m
• The Planck length is about 1.6 x 10^{-35} m or 1.6 x 10^{-26} nm.

Source: the on-line encyclopedia where absolutely anyone can move any decimal point any number of decimal places at absolutely any time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length

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Chris Hillman

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The Planck length is about 1.6x10^-26nanometer. Thus the length of that transistor bridge is about 4x10²⁷ times the Planck length.

Thanks Chris & Hornblower.
Chris you spotted my source -Wikipedia!
Jim