Fabs consist of a building and the machinery inside. The machinery is designed to produce one silicon process technology, not just on line of chips. Once a new process technology comes on line, the fabs are 'retooled' with new machinery to produce new chips. Older process technologies are used to build less premium chips like i/o hubs and networking chips. Once a silcon process technology becomes to far out of date, chips are no longer produced. Intel probably hasn't produced a wafer of PII chips in years, they are just shipping ones from inventory (and those are probably just limited warranty replacements).
1) gravity isn't constant, it is inversely proportional to distance. 2) orbital speed isn't constant either. In geosynchronous orbits, an object orbits once every 24 hours.
your calculations are incorrect. SS1 is a huge step, orbiting is closer now then it was yesterday.
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Fabs consist of a building and the machinery inside. The machinery is designed to produce one silicon process technology, not just on line of chips. Once a new process technology comes on line, the fabs are 'retooled' with new machinery to produce new chips. Older process technologies are used to build less premium chips like i/o hubs and networking chips. Once a silcon process technology becomes to far out of date, chips are no longer produced. Intel probably hasn't produced a wafer of PII chips in years, they are just shipping ones from inventory (and those are probably just limited warranty replacements).
errr.....
1) gravity isn't constant, it is inversely proportional to distance.
2) orbital speed isn't constant either. In geosynchronous orbits, an object orbits once every 24 hours.
your calculations are incorrect. SS1 is a huge step, orbiting is closer now then it was yesterday.
>What a shame that I'm running Linux and my portable >MP3 player doesn't support WMA
No, the real shame is that you are interested and/or curious about an Anthony Hamilton CD.