To be honest, when I was first invited to the launch of the Intel Montevina processor chip, I wondered how this was going to be presented.
After all, the Montevina is not a slice of cheesecake that we can taste and um our approval. This is a tiny tiny chip that’s invisibly embedded inside laptop computers.
So I thought, may be we will be gathered to sit in a circle while the chip is passed around. When it lands in my hands, I will stare and pretend to be able to see exactly what’s inside that’s made this chip so valuable. I’ll even discreetly stifle a shocked gasp.
And I thought, I’m sure they’re not going to pass the Montevina around in a simple petri dish. Perhaps they will gently place it in a beautiful little parcel. When the gong strikes, the CEO will tug at the ribbon that’s holding it together and let it fall.
The parcel opens…
