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A Greener Chip Manufacturing Process

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heavy-metals dept.

gardenermike writes "A new chip manufacturing process has been developed which uses UV light instead of high temperatures to prepare the silicon. This could lead to cheaper chips and greener factories if it pans out. Apparently the main problem is defects in the material, which are currently 'ironed out' as a side-effect of the extreme temperatures used."

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  1. Greener Chips? by frosty_tsm · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know... chips are supposed to be yellow, regardless of whether they are of the corn or potato variety.

  2. Greener Chips... by ackthpt · · Score: 1, Funny

    And here I was thinking we already had MOS Semiconductor...

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  3. Green Chips by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good thing this is Slashdot, I usually throw the green chips away.

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  4. Re:Just in time to be obsolete by pookemon · · Score: 2, Funny

    and in less-than-leading-edge technology

    Ah Pentiums, gotcha...

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