Re: TIC_hip

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