On: Bill Gates in Byte Magazine: The Future of Softwar...

[mikorym]

A few years ago I read a National Geographic article about "microchips" that was written in I think 1983.

It was probably one of the most useful articles on the topic that I've ever read. Unassuming, and full of direct explanations (and detail).

[kick → mikorym]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-chip/

This is what you were referring to, I'm guessing. 1982.

[mikorym → kick]

Exactly! But it was slightly more esoteric and personal to dig it out of a second hand bookstore and decide to read it.