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From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
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Subject: Re: ETA-10: CMOS or ECL?
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Date: 22 Oct 88 11:46:58 GMT
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In article <23287@amdcad.AMD.COM>, phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
> 
> Transmission line effects on a chip? Just how big *are* your chips
> anyway? 
I've heard rumors to the effect that this is what broke the first RSA VLSI
chip.  (Which was done in the early days while the design tools were still
evolving.)
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