>> is this a google interview question? i love those........ NOT! >> >> assume a microprocessor is 1 cm³ on average. the slabs of silicone >> used to make such processors are 1 m³ in volume, so one of those can >> make 1 000 000 (10⁶) microprocessors. to make a single slab of >> silicone 453kg of raw manufacturing-grade gravel (sand) is used, >> together with 250kg of coal and other carbons. > > is that why silicon wafers are shaped like manhole covers?
stolen from russ' links: scroll past the german: http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000962.php
