From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] I appear to have stumped the brains at chacha.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:56:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00890eb0fd6832c266ad32ced34d7ee6@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <63c548708bbc2e378b28898a51f20fea@9netics.com>
>> is this a google interview question? i love those........ NOT!
>>
>> assume a microprocessor is 1 cm³ on average. the slabs of silicone
>> used to make such processors are 1 m³ in volume, so one of those can
>> make 1 000 000 (10⁶) microprocessors. to make a single slab of
>> silicone 453kg of raw manufacturing-grade gravel (sand) is used,
>> together with 250kg of coal and other carbons.
>
> is that why silicon wafers are shaped like manhole covers?
stolen from russ' links: scroll past the german:
http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000962.php
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-16 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-16 17:25 ron minnich
2007-10-16 18:05 ` andrey mirtchovski
2007-10-16 18:15 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2007-10-16 19:24 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-10-16 19:56 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2007-10-16 18:16 ` ron minnich
2007-10-16 18:17 ` erik quanstrom
2007-10-16 18:26 ` ron minnich
2007-10-16 19:15 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-10-16 19:59 ` Bakul Shah
2007-10-17 1:47 ` Jack Johnson
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