Steve Jones wrote:
> Having opened my mouth and said that, someone will probably tell
> me that fab-rich places in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Texas
> are using them as wall decorations or something...
The ultimate trophy: Design an IC, make it work on first silicon. Take one
of the first wafers and get it sealed or laminated (or whatever). Frame it
on the wall, with a metal plate underneath: "This die contains [n]
[suchandsuch] devices. The original production run worked flawlessly on
first silicon. Design team: [whoever]".
My sole aim in life is to take part in the design of a microprocessor, have
it run on first silicon and have an entire silicon wafer full of the chips
on the wall at home :-)
If only VLSI design was as easy as designing a computer :-)
Later.
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Phil.
philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
Received on Sun Mar 09 2003 - 12:24:01 GMT