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From: woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Layered M/B?
Summary: Layered is just what it implies
Message-ID: <838@peyote.cactus.org>
Date: 4 Jun 90 03:33:04 GMT
References: <6811@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
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In article <6811@ucrmath.ucr.edu>, lulu@ucrmath.ucr.edu (david lu) writes:
> What exactly does it mean for a motherboard to be "layered"?
> I've heard of "4-layered motherboards", so I assume that there
> are other n-layered m/b's as well.  Are all m/b's layered?

Layered is just what it implies, several layers of 'glass sandwhiched 
together to allow more conductor paths in a smaller amount of space.
Most motherboards are indeed 3+ layered these days. Personally I have always
felt that this is not always a good thing as you have to be aware of possible
interference and capacitance effects.

						Ron

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