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That's the largest box for a CPU I have seen. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago by 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@lemmy.zip to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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I wonder what went on in the AMD employee's mind when they packed this.

I can understand putting a 9800X3D in a tray and that in an envelope with bubble wrap.

But after that they put it, not inside one cardboard box, but two and both boxes are hugely oversized for their contents.

The final box size is almost hilarious to house a single 9800X3D.

The original video is here.

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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

And remember the three R's everybody! Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to save the planet!

Exceptions may apply, especially if such actions will affect the bottom line of your company.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 3 weeks ago

From SanDisk on the other side of the planet I once received a box of a similar size, shipped via UPS if I recall, this was nearly 20 years ago, containing a warranty replacement microSD card.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Support really wanted to make sure they never had to deal with you again

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 3 weeks ago

From memory, all I did was fill in a warranty replacement form on their website.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Did you select the "big box" option?

[-] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Someone never got a VAX

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

I misunderstood as well! OP means the literal CPU, not calling the whole machine a CPU.

[-] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The original VAX cpu; was the KA780 central processing unit (CPU) is built from Schottky transistor-transistor logic (TTL) devices and spanned several 1U trays.

CPUs predate integrated circuits.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Tried looking that up and failed. Thanks!

[-] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Even the later smaller versions were multiple cards.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SPEC-1_VAX_05.jpg

Only did the microVax versions fit on several ICs which were using the cutting edge process at the time.

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