clipka wrote:
> ICs (reducing total wafer surface by eliminating unnecessary bonding 

Plus, chips are so dense nowadays that you *can* fit a couple of CPUs, 
enough RAM, a few USB connectors, an MPEG encoder and decoder, a few other 
hardware media encoder/decoders, DTS and other surround sounds, a 3D 
accelerated GPU, voice DACs, a GPS and GPM and CDMA modem, and interfaces 
for keyboard input and video output all on one chip.

Qualcomm sells a single chip you could build an entire high-end netbook out 
of, for example. All that stuff above is on one chip small enough to fit 
comfortably in a cell phone.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.

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