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you say about the availability of such slots? Do such slots
come at an additional cost? Explain your conclusions.
5.
The text indicates that the actual PowerPC 603 chip is just 7.4
millimeters by 11.5 millimeters, although the picture of this
chip is magnified significantly in Figure 1.4. Use a ruler to
determine the approximate size of a connection area on
Figure 1.4, and then scale the dimensions down to the actual
chip size to estimate the actual size for an actual connection
to the chip.
6.
A chip contains many electrical circuits and components.
One such component is called a transistor—a type of switch
to turn a circuit on and off. The text notes that the PowerPC
603 chip contains about 1.6 million transistors. Estimate the
size of one transistor, ignoring other electrical components
on the chip.
