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Article #8540Re: Soviet Semiconductor Manufacturing
From: Mike Smith
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1989 23:06
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1989 23:06
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In article <14016@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes: >Anyhow, who could use such materials? I can't do a production run based >on a couple ingots grown in space. I need quantity, and I need a >performance edge so large it can justify dependence on an expensive >technology that could be yanked away at any time by engineering "glitches" >beyond my control. Small lot manufacturing. For example, each Cray is custom built... >What would you do with super-perfect crystals grown in microgravity? >Redesign your latest RISC engine for an ultra-custom batch of super-tight >geometry chips? Re-tune your operating system to accommodate the higher >speed? Design new hardware systems to hold these super-chips? What >applications cry out for performance so badly that they can justify >this technology? REALLY FAST test instruments to test the best stuff you can build on earth (for one...). Think nitch! Not everyone is an assembly line.
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