(1) Sebastian Anthony, Beyond 22nm: Applied Materials, the unsung hero of Silicon Valley. ExtremeTech.com, Dec 1, 2011
http://www.extremetech.com/extre ... unsung-silicon-hero
("In a modern CPU there can be more than 60 miles (100km) of copper wiring")
Note:
(a) Willy Wonka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka
(a fictional character in the 1964 Roald Dahl [1916-1990; British] novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
An eccentric chocolatier in essence.
(b) hafnium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium
(Hf; atomic number 72)
(c) CMOS: complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor
(d) stead (n; akin to Old High German stat place, Old English standan to stand):
"ADVANTAGE—used chiefly in the phrase to stand one in good stead"
www.m-w.com
(2) The above points to
Rick Hodgin, From Sand to Hand: How a CPU is made. Geek.com, July 9, 2009.
http://www.geek.com/articles/chi ... pu-is-made-2009079/
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