The First Plastic Computer Processor(technologyreview.com)
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The First Plastic Computer Processor
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37126/?a=f
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From the image caption: "It is puny compared to most silicon processors"
(The image appears to be an 8-bit ALU, larger than a man's thumb)
I'm not sure they're using the word "puny" correctly...
(The image appears to be an 8-bit ALU, larger than a man's thumb)
I'm not sure they're using the word "puny" correctly...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny
"slight or inferior in power, size, or importance"
In this case, they meant power, as in computational power.
In this case, they meant power, as in computational power.
I don't know how cheap can this be considering there are processors 1E+10 times as powerful selling for <5 US$.