Neon is a processor rumored to be in development by Transmeta working with Linus Torvalds. As rumor has it, Neon is expected to be a low power x86 CPU, that adheres to RISC architechture... and is rumored to be completely programmable in architechture and instruction sets. Great idea, I'd really like to hear people say "hold on, I'm downloading a new CPU". However, this may just be fluff, lies, rumors, or groundless nonsense.

(So named (Greek neon, "new") in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay, it's co-discoverer) An inert chemical element, one of the noble gases, that is tasteless, odorless, and colorless, found in small quantities in the earth's atmosphere and used in discharge tubes, gas lasers, bright electrical signs, etc.

Symbol: Ne
Atomic number: 10
Atomic weight: 20.1797
Density (at 0°C with 101,325 pascals): 0.8999 g/L
Melting point: -248.67°C
Boiling point: -246.048°C
Valence: 0
Ground state electron configuration: [He]2s²2p⁶

Neon Symbol: Ne
Atomic Number: 10
Boiling Point: 27.10 K
Melting Point: 24.55 K
Density at 300K: 0.900 g/cm³
Covalent radius: 0.71
Atomic radius: 0.51
Atomic volume: 16.90 cm³/mol
First ionization potental: 21.564 V
Specific heat capacity: 1.030 Jg^-1K^-1
Thermal conductivity: 0.0493 Wm^-1K^-1
Electrical conductivity: N/A
Heat of fusion: 0.34 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization: 1.77 kJ/mol
Electronegativity: N/A

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This is the genealogy of the programming language Neon:

Neon is a child of Forth.
Neon was born in year 1984.
Then it begat Yerk in year 1989.
Then it begat Mops around year 1993.

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