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... chips such as this one . Here , we see a nerve cell on a silicon chip . The cell was cultured on the chip until it formed a network with nearby cells . The chip con- tains a transistor that stimulates the cell above it , which in turn ...
... chips such as this one . Here , we see a nerve cell on a silicon chip . The cell was cultured on the chip until it formed a network with nearby cells . The chip con- tains a transistor that stimulates the cell above it , which in turn ...
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... chip , a small chip contain- FIGURE 20 The ENIAC took up an entire room and required several people to manipulate it . ing millions of transistors . The microproces- sor functions as the central processing unit ( CPU ) , or brains , of ...
... chip , a small chip contain- FIGURE 20 The ENIAC took up an entire room and required several people to manipulate it . ing millions of transistors . The microproces- sor functions as the central processing unit ( CPU ) , or brains , of ...
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... chip helps determine how fast it can process data . With the Intel Dual Core Itanium chip , more than a billion transistors can be fab- ricated into one chip . Source : Adapted from the Moore's Law animated demo at www.intel.com ...
... chip helps determine how fast it can process data . With the Intel Dual Core Itanium chip , more than a billion transistors can be fab- ricated into one chip . Source : Adapted from the Moore's Law animated demo at www.intel.com ...
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