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S A T U R D A Y
A C A D E M Y
SAAPfs T r ip t o I n t e l
By Tamar Barnes and Stacey Marshall
Contributing Student Writers
ntel...it is a word often heard
when relating to computers and
technology. We use com puters
everyday. T h ey are co n stan tly u p
g raded and new softw are p ro g ram s
are p erpetu ally d ow nloaded. T h is
leaves you in th e m id d le of a quickly
expanding w orld. A cco rd in g to G o r
don M oore, co -fo u n d er o f In te l,
“technological ad v an cem en ts will
double every eighteen m onths.” This
law m eans th at co m p u ter literacy is
a c o n s ta n tly e v o lv in g sc ie n c e ,
w hether you are ready o r not.
O n Ju ly 13, the scholars o f S atu r
day A cadem y A pplied M ath em at
ics S um m er In stitu te (SAAM ) had
the privilege o f ex p lo rin g som e of
In te l’s m ost recen t inven tio n s. We
learned of the ex p an d in g in d u stry
they developed m ak in g m icro p ro
cessors in san itized oxygen room s.
T hey also ex p lain ed to us how th e
m icroprocesso r chip is bu ilt on a
sm all piece o f silicon.
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W e learn ed th at in an In tel clean
room , th at is n ev er a problem . We
discovered th at to m an u factu re th eir
m ic ro p ro c e sso rs th e a tm o sp h e re
m u st be virtu ally one h u n d re d p e r
cent clean. W hen m ost o f us h ear
clean, we th in k of a h ospital. But
d id you know th at th e ir clean room
is one th o u san d tim es clean er th an
the average o p eratin g room ? H a ir
o r flakes from o u r skin can dam ag e
a chip! A ll In tel em ployees th a t e n
te r the clean ro o m m ust be p ro p erly
dressed for the e n v iro n m en t. E m
ployees p u t on w hat they call a
Have you ever b re a th e d in and
ju s t sm elled p o llu tio n in the air?
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“b u n n y su it.” S anitized and covered
from head to toe, they p ro te c t the
chips and pro cesso rs from th e envi
ro n m e n t we live in.
O n ce we learn ed how they m ade
m icro p ro c esso r chips, we then d is
cussed how they w ere used. M icro
chips have not been a ro u n d that
long, yet it w ould be d ifficult for us
to im agine life w ithout them . T hey
are p u t in to th e ap p lian ces, digital
w atches, cars, rad io s, faxes, televi
sions, telep h o n es - well, we could
go on forever. In tel has a book that
cele b rates th e ir 3O'h an n iv ersary .
O ne D igital Day. It is a w onderful
“p ic tu re b o o k ” show ing how m icro
chips are p a rt o f every facet of our
life an d how they have chan g ed our
w orld - for th e better!
As we sat in front o f the co m p u t
ers looking a ro u n d at o u r fellow
stu d e n ts u sin g the co m p u te rs to
m ove th e ir Lego in v e n tio n s and
ex p lo rin g the n et, the n o tio n of a
fast m oving technology becam e a
reality. W e could p h o to g rap h o u r
selves, c reate a m ovie using the pic
tu res and sen d it via e-m ail in only
a m a tte r o f m inutes. T a lk about
fast! W e can only begin to im agine
how m uch the w orld w ill grow in
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