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Why aren't motherboards on silicon wafers like CPUs?
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12/11/2006 23:45:06
 
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Windows
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Computing in general
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>Why haven't motherboards being integrated onto mini silicon wafers like CPU's have? Then you would just have connectivity out to the hard drive connector and other peripheral connectors.

They have. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_on_a_chip

They're more common in the embedded world. One widespread use in in cellphones.
Regards. Al

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