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From Silicon To Microprocessors

Posted by timothy on from the step-by-sandy-step dept.

prostoalex writes "Jim Turley from Embedded Systems Programming magazine answers the question of where microprocessors come from. While the public generally knows about the silicon and microprocessor vendors, few can describe the process of turning the beach sand into the latest and greatest several-hundred-dollars-worth CPU."

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  1. Oh my virgin eyes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So you're saying new processors are the result of men and women sweating away for days and months? And here I thought the Penguin brought them! (Tux, natch)

  2. FUCK ALL ITALIANS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    with their dego moustaches and greasy hair!