that's really food for thought there...really appreciate that!!

hey o-steve,

I think the chips will always try to out compete with one another...one minute, intel, one minute, AMD.

I think intel's a bit ahead in the bunch right now, but I think AMD will make a comeback soon.

there are a few kids on the block that is under the radar right now...I think the Korean manufacturers are going to be the wave of the future as it stands. They are having that tech summit soon, aren't they?

My professor who has become a good friend of mine (he's an engineer) told me that when he worked at Charlotte, NC. They were working on a chip that is so fast that intel and AMD has nothing on them. But they couldn't get anybody to invest in it. He was awarded something in Pakistan few years back...

oops, going off topic again...sorry....

now, semi-conductor...how kewl was that!!

Semiconductor work was very 'kewl'! I was a maintenance tech on the machines used to manufacture chips. Worked in Diffusion (big hot furnaces), and Ion Implant (big machines that used VERY high voltage levels,and huge magnets). Both areas used dangerous gases. Implant was probably neater from a scientific perspective. Ionizing the gas, extracting the ions, and then 'shooting' them into the silicon wafer surface in a very controlled fashion.

It was quite fun to work on those machines. Even if we had to worry about ionizing radiation and arsenic exposure. One of the gases was a hydride of arsenic. Did ya know that arsenic smells like garlic?

wow...always a learning experience...now I wonder why all the food that da wife cooks taste like garlic and she just upped my insurance policy to over a million...

GASP, EGADS!!

(just kidding....about the million. LOL)

as for that Ion Implant, it kinda reminds me of the new electromag thing they are using in that country, can't remember on the top of my head to find the 10th dimension matter in the universe. I'll have to look it up...

men and their inventions...can only say...WOW...

thanks for sharing!

When I worked in Diffusion, I worked on a PECVD system. Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition. When I went to the manufacturer's training class they gave all of us T-shirts that said "I can maintain the 4th state of matter, plasma". With their logo, of course. Kinda neat.

Man that is a cool shirt! That sounds like it was a grrrreat job too!!!

I got almost all the parts, and put what I have together yesterday.The windows vista ultimate rocks! I decided I wanted a SATA dvd and a card reader so ordered those yesterday. One of the video cards came a day later so it isnt the pictures yet, but I will get one in here sometime later today,



Open heart surgery LOL



8 gigs of ram



9600 with 1 gig of ram on the card




Size comparison







Ready to button up




Will sanp a picture with the SLI video cards in just a bit

WOW that is a snazzy machine!!!

that thing is boooootiful...*sniff*sniff......

boy, I can't wait til you put that girl together...

hey steve, that sounded like a cool shirt!

your talk of semi-conductor just reminded me of a couple of articles. Although not related, but kinda...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0530174750.htm

and this one that has really intrigued me...for some has said it will be doomsday...It got me started looking up Prof. Stephen Hawkins again...LOL

dark matter/10th dimension research (possible doomsday? LOL)

Hey Moi, fascinating articles. Thanks.

I didn't mention that before semiconductor work, I worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Can't tell you what I did or I'd have to kill you! LOL! Seriously though, working at LANL was very enjoyable. Like working at a university campus every day. I was encouraged and allowed to attend any seminar that piqued my interest.

Man you guys are right on about these subjects, I love this stuff!

COOL! Steve you had the way cool jobs!! Man to be the fly on the wall in that place LOL.

I can only imagine about getting the opportunity to follow ones dreams to that degree. It has to be pretty rewarding cause everyone seems to love their work. That is where the tech meets the nology, everything comes from there.

Well im finished! This thing is soooo quiet and smooth. It has two integrated network connections allowing me to use both while gaming. How fun is that LOL The video cards are blazing fast!

Just a few more pics!