I've heard the slogan "Go to work on an Egg", but.....

[RichL]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36816-2002Jul7.html

Wool's team took chicken feathers and plant oils and molded them into a composite material that approximates the shape and feel of silicon. When the researchers tested it for speed, they found that the composite allowed movement at about twice the rate of silicon.

I can see it all now - "This week AMD announced the Bantam, using the new Rhode Island Red core, initially running at 800 MegaClucks, engineers are confident they can break the Gigacluck barrier by the end of the year."