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Lead From Processors
Date: May 23rd, 2007 4:24:56 pm - Subscribe
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Intel has already removed about 95 percent of the toxic metal since 2004 and will eliminate the remainder - 0.02 grams - beginning with a new line of chips that go into production later this year. Tin/lead solder used to connect the processor to the motherboard will be replaced with an alloy comprised instead of tin, silver and copper.


Rival chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says it also is working to reduce the amount of lead in its microprocessors. Sunnyvale-based AMD began shipping processors with reduced lead content in 2005.
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