There are many superlatives you’ll hear this week about Intel’s new sixth-generation Core (codename Skylake) processors. They are fast and efficient, they can do a whole heap of other things beyond pure computation, and they’re enabling a new generation of thinner and longer-lasting mobile PCs. The one thing you probably won’t hear is how these new chips look — which is fair enough since you’re supposed to use them, not look at them.
Still, there’s an undeniable techno beauty to these chips, which I thought I’d capture for posterity and for kicks out here at IFA in Berlin. Below, you’ll find a collection of photos of a real wafer of 14nm Skylake processors, exactly like the ones that will be going into millions of new devices …
Read more at The Verge
