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2005: a pause for silicon?

Mike Kelly

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Abstract

The information technology revolution has been fuelled by the ever-decreasing cost of performing a computational operation and storing the result in a silicon chip. The falling cost has been achieved mainly because the transistors that make up integrated circuits have been getting smaller and smaller. Larger chip areas have also helped to cut costs.

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The information technology revolution has been fuelled by the ever-decreasing cost of performing a computational operation and storing the result in a silicon chip. The falling cost has been achieved mainly because the transistors that make up integrated circuits have been getting smaller and smaller. Larger chip areas have also helped to cut costs.

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The information technology revolution has been fuelled by the ever-decreasing cost of performing a computational operation and storing the result in a silicon chip. The falling cost has been achieved mainly because the transistors that make up integrated circuits have been getting smaller and smaller. Larger chip areas have also helped to cut costs.

Key concepts: Silicon chip, Silicon, Chip, Falling (accident), Transistor, Integrated circuit, Electronic circuit, Electrical engineering

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