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Chips (cont'd)

The integrated circuits are actually only a small part of the component count and surface area, as little as 10%.
(IEEE Spectrum 2006 Jun, p. 44)

For example, the circuit board of the Nokia 6161 cellular phone contains 15 IC's (containing millions of resistors) plus 405 passive components: 232 capacitors, 149 resistors and 24 inductors. The passive components take up most of the room.
(IEEE Spectrum 2003 Jul, p. 26)

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