February 6, 2008: Two Billion Transistors

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Go Monster, we've been all waiting with abated breath.
It's a shame, one pair of leather soles and a wool rug, could fry that sucker.

btw... That BBC link has a great, simple, explanation of a transistor and how they work together on a chip.

I was also interested to read about Moore's Law:

The chip industry is driven by Moore's Law, originally articulated by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965.

The industry axiom states that the number of transistors it is possible to squeeze in to a chip for a fixed cost doubles every two years.

But mostly I just thought it was pretty