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Silicon isn't technically a metal anyways ;) A metalloid at best. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloid

"Sometimes writing markdown feels like working on the bare metalloid"



Ha! Okay, ya got meh!

But! IN THEORY You could still construct a processor out of electromagnetic relays (springs, contacts, leads and solenoids only), if perhaps your goal was to never exceed 100 Hz.

(...at first I was going to point out http://www.bigmessowires.com but it turns out that beyond the wire wrap connections, he's still using modern semi-conductor packages)




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