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November 15, 2012

09:00 • 6 months ago

jaymug:

in the early days of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs would occasionally sign computer chips, attach them to Apple stationery and send them out randomly to Apple fans

I’m sure that letter would probably sell for a lot of money on eBay. Really cool.

January 31, 2011

11:18 • 2 years ago

Design flaws: Intel has a screwed up chipset! Let’s make fun of them!

Tags: chipsets computer chips computers design flaws intel processor sandy bridge 10 • Permalink

$700
million the cost of fixing the flaw in their new Sandy Bridge chips; fixes will hit the market in late February
$300
million the amount the company is chopping off its latest revenue forecasts as a result; their stock is down today source

» History lesson of the day: In case you’re wondering, this has happened before.

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