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		krupan on Aug 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Recollections of Early Chip Development at Intel (... I was hoping they would explain where the term "tape out" came from. I always thought it was because they copied the digital form of the design onto magnetic tape and shipped it off to the manufacturer, but nobody has been able to authoritatively confirm or deny that for me.

imr on Aug 14, 2015 [–]

That is what I have always heard in engineering school. FTP transfers replaced the magnetic tape.

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