26 Jul
2001
26 Jul
'01
4 p.m.
I think it's using sapphire as the substrate for
the chip. ISTR, this is
done primarily in space applications where radiation hardening is
required.
> > The CPU was CISC, silicon-on-saphire, and
>
> What a very interesting little machine. I am most intrigued. What do you
> mean by "silicon on saphire" though?
Didn't the 1802 microprocessor use this technology?
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Eric Dittman
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