At 09:56 PM 10/10/98 -0400, John Heritage Jr wrote:
>Sorry for the wasteful post here, but I've exhausted
>my methods of search and am still looking for more information
>on what is required to create self-replicating biological and
>mechanical (and combo) devices.. Any URLs, Books, contacts,
>phone #'s, or anything would be appreciated.
>
John Von Neumann
Cellular Automata
A-Life
Santa Fe Institute
Foresight Institute
>I'm also wondering if anyone has any experience in
>designing full microprocessors (ie: x86 processors, RISC
>chips, or other similar large-scale devices). I'm wondering
>what kind of educational background was required to get to
>that stage, and what I need to do to either find out or go
>down that path.
>
Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering and Chemistry
Graduate in Semiconductor Design
Trade magzine subscriptions (free if you fill out the form as Sr Engineer
of a company of 30 or so employees, check other bubbles at random)
EDN Electronic Design
Check library publications index, for semiconductor design.
Web search for ASIC
Web surf major semi houses, Intel, Motorola, AMD, etc, etc.
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