From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 09:23:55 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: TIC_hip
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At 03:46 PM 5/29/96 GMT, John Young wrote:
>   5-29-96. FiTi: 
> 
>   Chips Galore [Editorial]  
>   Texas Instruments' claim to have developed a technology 
>   capable of inscribing 125m transistors, or computing 
>   elements, on a thumbnail-sized slice of silicon is 
>   remarkable chiefly because the technique is commonplace. 

Having been following the progress of IC technology for over 20 years, I can 
recall when 1 million transistors/chip was the furthest-out prediction 
"they" were willing to make.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com