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A Split at the Core

Physics is forcing the microchip industry to redesign its most lucrative products. That is bad news for software companies

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W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for Scientific American based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 291 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “A Split at the Core” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 291 No. 5 (), p. 0