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The CPU: From Conception to Birth

Posted by michael on from the cradle-to-grave dept.

CrzyP writes "Most of us have seen flowcharts and heard lectures on how a CPU functions in a computer. What a lot of us do not know, however, is how a CPU is created. Sudhian describes the step-by-step process of how a CPU is made, from grains of sand to a wafer of circuits. Ahhh sand, the building block of life...in the tech world!"

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  1. Re:Starting from scratch by mistersooreams · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the secret phallus has you.

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  2. Wow by dafunn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe it's the vodka talking, but I started to read the article and, about three paragraphs in, I realized just how much I didn't care.