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