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Next-Generation Chip Fabs

PaulBu writes "As reported in EE Times, a new IBM $2.5B fab will be the first one to 'produce chips using all three of the sophisticated technologies on the industry's bleeding edge: low-k dielectrics, copper interconnect and silicon-on-insulator based transistors' on 300mm wafers. And it runs entirely on Linux! Quote from the article: 'The state of automation in Building 323 is such that 20,000 sensors are used to track wafer lots in front-opening unified pods that are transported from one tool to the next on rails using linear induction motors. The setup resembles an intricate monorail system tuned to millimeter-precision specs. A central control system monitors all stations and tracks wafer lots via 802.11 wireless communications.'"

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  1. Re:*snicker*, You mentioned the Anti-Christ!! by kenp2002 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guess what? You mentioned the Anti-Christ. RELIGION IS ILLEGAL FEEL THE WRATH OF THE LEFT!!!

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    Your obviously religious doctrine is not sensitive to the needs of pagans, atheists, and agnostics.

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    In summary: KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

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  2. OK, it has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...because if I don't, someone else will...

    Imagine a BEOWULF cluster of these things!!!!!1

    1. Re:OK, it has to be said... by frostgiant · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes, a Beowulf cluster of fabrication plants would rock. Not.

  3. monorail... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say?

    Ned Flanders: Monorail!

    Lyle Lanley: What's it called?

    Patty+Selma: Monorail!

    Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!

    [crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]

    Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...

    Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.

    Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?

    Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.

    Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?

    Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.

    Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?

    Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.

    Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.

    Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.

    I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
    Throw up your hands and raise your voice!

    All: Monorail!

    Lyle Lanley: What's it called?

    All: Monorail!

    Lyle Lanley: Once again...

    All: Monorail!

    Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...

    Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!

    All: Monorail!
    Monorail!
    Monorail!

    [big finish]

    Monorail!

    Homer: Mono... D'oh!

  4. Can you imagine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you imagine a beo ... [post truncated]

    [incipient Beowulf cluster joke aborted by the Grendel filter]

    1. Re:Can you imagine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Grendel Filters!

  5. Re:IBM != Flair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, the nazis had pieces of flair...they made the jews wear 'em.

  6. Boycott MS Visual Studio.NJET!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tell your professors not to buy Visual Studio .NJET in your universities!!

  7. Re:These seem to be INTEL processors! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahaha. Mac. That's funny. I can just see the room full of pink iMacs.