silicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).

:silicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer
systems (compare {iron}). Contrasted with software. See also
{sandbender}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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