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I don't think Intel will be too peeved that someone made off with a vanful of 233MHz, Pentium IIs. Because at $1.90 each, that's about the vintage of chip the thieves got.

...Unless, of course, I'm paying 500 times too much for the latest Core Duo.]]>Dec 21st 2006 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/
Random Joe Geek:"Umm, hello, officer? I'd like to report the location of the missing shipment of computer processors."

Officer Dispatch:"Oh really? We sure would love to get all of those processors back. Where are they?"

Joe:"Well, about 99,996 of them are in the back of this SUV across the street from the Best Buy"

Officer:"How can you be sure of that number?"

Joe:"I am not really, I just know I am holding onto 4 of them until I get a new quad mobo so I can finally get a decent framerate in F.E.A.R."]]>Dec 21st 2006 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/
Lord, I know of at least 10 chip makers with offices in Santa Clara... that doesn't really narrow it down that much at all.]]>Dec 21st 2006 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/Dec 21st 2006 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/california-crooks-nab-100-000-microchips/
Intel, as with most manufacturers with complex packages, ship their wafers off to Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore or China for assembly, and from there they go straight to the distributors. It was most likely stolen on the way from a distributor anyway. You can't pick up a vanload of anything directly from Intel.]]>Dec 22nd 2006 4:32AM