Where modern CPU is "invented"?

Reading Russian web forums, I've noticed two misconceptions:

"Core 2 processor is invented in Israel", someone wrote in this thread at RSDN. I've seen this point of view few times already also at ixbt and some other places in runet. Few argue that it is not true and everything important happens in US.

There are plenty of public sources describing where each new microarchitecture is developed.
E.g. according to Wikipedia article, article at Intel web site and many articles like this one
Nehalem(2009) and Haswell(2013) are designed mostly in Oregon; Merom(2007) and Sandy Bridge(2011) - mostly in Israel. I tend to believe everything I read in Internet ;), so I thought it is kind of common sense, nothing to argue about.

The real mystery is where Atom cores are designed :::))) If it was not linkedin, that would be a bit more difficult to google :)

Singapore 2/2

Short post about Singapore..

First thing you notice in Singapore it is really a major shipping hub.

I never seen so many big ships at once before (well, I did, but that was in Singapore too.

Another thing that we found entertaining was a note in a MRT (local metro) regarding a service interruptions. It was as following:

"Dear passengers who experienced MRT service delays 6 weeks ago. Could you please describe your experience at http : // website. You could also suggest us if there are any improvements you would like us to implement."

I wish MVV would do anything like this! During last week I had to spend 4x more time commuting because of service interruptions..