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[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 96 points 3 months ago

Its design took 2 years and required the use of supercomputers

[citation needed]

[-] zerakith@lemmy.ml 46 points 3 months ago

It is quite hard to track down but here's it being reported by the head of modelling at P&G in 2006

https://www.hpcwire.com/2006/05/05/high_performance_potato_chips/

[-] zerakith@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

Though worth saying that the link suggests the computing was used for aerodynamics for ensuring production wouldn't destroy them not. For the shape as such. I've also seem it said that the can is part of that too.

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