So I heard that the microprocessor is the first manmade "noun" that is worth more in weight than gold.

Gold costs $625 an ounce.

A two ton truck costs $25,000. Two tons of gold would cost $40,000,000 (got the idea).

Anyone know how much a microprocessor weighs. I've tried TigerDirect and called AMD to no avail...

11/7/2006 8:15:13 PM

my vote is for tritium

11/7/2006 8:17:58 PM

Indeed, you could make a fortune stealing exit signs.

11/7/2006 8:22:37 PM

I think you would have to consider the processor die itself and not the complete processor package for it to have a value density higher than gold.

The other thing is gold holds its value while the microprocessor depreciates very quickly.

11/7/2006 8:36:02 PM

THC

11/7/2006 8:39:27 PM

http://tinyurl.com/y5tcv2

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 8:45 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 8:44:02 PM

oh and the typical weight of an Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor is 21.5 grams (0.76 ounces).
The most expensive of these processors (that i can find, the X6800 Conroe 2.93) is $950 thru Newegg. So this processor, including the package is more expensive than gold ounce for ounce.


ftp://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/31327802.pdf


If we say the average weight of a processor is 21.5 grams, then the processor would have to be priced at $494 to be more valuable than gold (priced at $625 per ounce)...which isnt that much these days when talking about top end processors.

11/7/2006 8:54:51 PM

Be sure not to include the weight of the heatsink. They will add "artificial" weight.

11/7/2006 8:58:00 PM

what about power cocaine? Its man made, is a noun, and costs an average of $60 per gram (according to Wiki). At that price for an ounce of powder cocaine is ~$1680 which puts it above the cost of the gold by lots.

11/7/2006 9:08:30 PM

i'm just wondering why the qualification "noun" had to be added.....
have we created man made verbs and adjectvies that are already worth their weight in gold? maybe some adverbs or pronouns?

11/8/2006 7:02:25 AM

There are plenty of patents / intellectual property that are worth more than their "weight" in gold. Why is the weight relevant? Doesn't this assume the object must be tangible/physical?

11/8/2006 9:26:38 AM

^ agree.
it's quite an arbitrary measurement, and not a particularly relevant one at that.
how much is a line of code worth in gold? is the Windows codebase worth it as much as gold per line?

11/8/2006 9:43:00 AM

this is a really stupid thread

11/8/2006 2:32:03 PM