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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer who wrote (121353)	8/1/2000 12:51:31 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

Fresh from Yahoo. Intel's answer to Copper Athlons: messages.yahoo.com Both Intel and AMD have decided not to pursue silicon chips. But whilst AMD has decided to use Copper, Intel has decided to use Paper. Paper was always thought to be a poor conductor until Intel started releasing all its latest chips which all ran on paper, not on Silicon. An Intel spokesperson listed sever advantages that Paper has over Copper. 1. Cheaper distribution as chips can be Faxed to the customer. (stole this one from JC's) 2. Paper chips are cheaper to make. 3. Paper chips run the Internet faster. 4. Helps rid the planet of those pesky trees. 5. Paper chips are more reliable, as they run cooler. Also today, Barnes and Noble was announced as supplier of the "paper wafers" used to make Intels newest chips. Paper wafers are distributed not in "pods" like traditional wafers, but in "books".