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Intel Shipped 1 Billionth Computer Chip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-lotta-silicon dept.

murat submitted linkage to a simple little story that proclaims that Intel has recently shipped it's One Billionth Chip. Quite an impressive accomplishment... it took them 25 years to reach the billions, but they estimate that they will hit 2 billion by only 2007.

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  1. Who dares... by helleman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To post the One BILLIONth post?!

  2. Varak Mathews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is today's first first post.
    Posting AC for more than two FP a day.

  3. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

  4. Microsoft? by sporty · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And Microsoft released it's 1 millionth.. nah.. too easy.

    Disclaimer: This, is a joke. If you don't get the sarcasm in it, you should not reply. That is all.

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  5. 1 BILLIONTH POST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1 BILLIONTH POST!

  6. U.S. Plans Biometrics For Travel: +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read about the biometrics for visas and passports
    at Jane's

    Expect implanted RFID tags next from the
    Homeland

    Cheers,
    W00t

    Get Your War On 25

  7. Honestly, is there any point? by TomatoMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    shipped it's One Billionth Chip
    • "it's" wrong again, wrong wrong wrong, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong
    • One Billionth Chip is not a proper noun (last I checked)
    See the article, which (gasp) makes neither of these mistakes.

    Ostensibly, this is supposed to be a website for smart people. Sixth-grade grammar really shouldn't exceed our grasp. I've got otherwise-useless karma piled to the moon, maybe it's time to start burning it.

    Remember, people, George Orwell said that sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought leads to exploitable, oppressible people.

    For fzzck's sake, learn your basic grammar. At least the editors, if not the submitters. It's REALLY not that difficult. Or at least have one capable proofreader on the staff to look things over before you post glaring, stupid mistakes in front of millions of people (some of whom are learning English), and just leave them hanging there.

    (Note to fellow grammar nazis: I know stylistic things like beginning a sentence with "Or" or omitting an implied verb could be construed as inappropriately colloquial and ungrammatical. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about heavyweight concepts like knowing the difference between the plural and possessive cases, and proper use of capitalization.)
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  8. Re:The article never really said it... by JCMay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The plural form of "microprocessor" is "microprocessors," and not "microprocessor's" which is the singular posessive form. The plural posessive form would be "microprocessors'"

  9. Intel Suck !!! Or Should I say Inhell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Every one seems to over look that the X86 Arch is a Shitty Architecture! And always will be!IA32 is basically X86 32bit processor. Second how may years has the world what'd for a good 64 bit processor form Intel. And the IA64 has still not proven it's self. Third Intel Owens great 64bit Arch it's called the Alpha by some Idiot over at Intel has decided to make world uses IA64 with proving any technical advantages. I could keep going. But what's the point!