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It's embarrassing that manufacturers are still making computers with silicon chips in them. The first silicon chip was over 50 years ago. Yes, most of the compo
by ubernostrum 9y ago
It's embarrassing that manufacturers are still making computers with silicon chips in them. The first silicon chip was over 50 years ago. Yes, most of the components and surrounding systems have been upgraded, but it still has the same basic material.
(etc., etc. -- "old" does not mean "bad"; the 757 is a perennial example of people claiming to want something they don't really want; and the 737 is a proven, successful design, so there's absolutely no "embarrassment" in the fact that it's still being manufactured and flown)
- CharlesW 9y ago> It's embarrassing that manufacturers are still making computers with silicon chips in them. You might even zoom out a bit more and go with, "It's embarrassing that manufacturers are still making ATX cases". Just as ATX cases have been able to accommodate several generations of computing, modern 737s are effectively different aircraft than early 737s even though they share common properties.
- hwillis 9y agoMaterial != design. FETs mostly replaced BJTs. We still use silicon, and we still use aluminum for planes.