Awe-inspiring, astounding, stupefying

Just saw the chip of AMD's processor, The Next Big Thing, to hit the market. It was an exhilarating experience. I had it in my own hands!
Mind you, I am not talking about the packaged processor that you get in the market with the all the plastic surrounding it; It was only the chip, bare chip!

It looked like a hologram and upon moving it around in my hand, I saw the floor plan. OMG! I saw the core(s?), the caches and the interaction links.

Such a small piece of hardware, and it earns me my bread, butter and all the South Indian mini meals ;-)