HP 300 (was: "what the hell")

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Thu Jul 26 15:31:09 2001

I think it's using sapphire as the substrate for the chip. ISTR, this is
done primarily in space applications where radiation hardening is
required.

g.


On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Dan Linder wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Stan Sieler wrote:
>
> > The CPU was CISC, silicon-on-saphire, and
>
> What a very interesting little machine. I am most intrigued. What do you
> mean by "silicon on saphire" though?
>
> - Dan
>
>
> Dan Linder / dlinder _at_ uiuc.edu
> Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
> - Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
> - DoRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
>
>
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