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Article #12257Re: Faster busses are hard; can we do wider?
From: Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus...
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 20:23
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 20:23
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In article <1991Jun21.195509.28579@parc.xerox.com> minsky@parc.xerox.com (Henry Minsky) writes: ]>Cinch Connectors make a tangled-wire-bump called the Synapse that has ]>gorgeous electrical properties (.5 nH per pin) and they pack on 40 mil ]>centres, about 1 mm. 100 connectors per square cm makes massively wide ]There is one problem with the connectors; the fuzz buttons have an ]amazing affinity for human fingertips; the little wire balls tend to ]grab onto the whorls on your fingertips, and get pulled out of their Misc.kids has been complaining for a long time that kids can't tie shoelaces because they only know how to use Velcro - I guess some of these kids are designing computer hardware now :-) -- Pray for peace; Bill # Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ # No, that's covered by the Drug Exception to the Fourth Amendment. # You can read it here in the fine print.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsh!wcs From: wcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Faster busses are hard; can we do wider? Message-ID: <1991Jun25.202329.20191@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> Date: 25 Jun 91 20:23:29 GMT References: <1940@array.UUCP> <1991Jun21.195509.28579@parc.xerox.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Special Services Division Lines: 16