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Is Hyperchip Hype?

Posted by timothy on from the and-then-a-miracle-occurs dept.

Peter Galbraith writes "There was an interview on CBC (here in Canada) last evening about Hyperchip, a Montreal-based company that are working on a new type of router that would scale up 1000 times in traffic (so wouldn't be obsolete in less than a year) and would pass packets to their destination in a few hops instead of a dozen or more. Any experts out there think it's hype? Or real?" The explanation on Hyperchip's "technology" page is pretty thin, but considering they just raised $70 million, I hope they've given more convincing details to their investors.

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  1. Hyoerchip by FigBug · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a name like HyperChip its got to be a hoax. I it was real it would have a name like RXE-8635P

  2. Step One: by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Funny
    Step One: Tell everyone you have an amazing new router.
    Step Two:
    Step Three: Profits!

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    1. Re:Step One: by ekrout · · Score: 4, Funny

      Step Two: Sign-up for a user account at the ultimate geek site and post a story about Step One.

      ;-)

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    2. Re:Step One: by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm afraid ekrout knows too much. He has become...expendable.

      Get him, my robots!

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    3. Re:Step One: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      It was a reference to an episode of Southpark. The Underpants Gnomes were stealing underpants because underpants were big business. Step One is stealing underpants, Step Three is profit, but Step Two was blank. It was a lot funnier when it was seen on TV and not explained on slashdot.

  3. details by vinnythenose · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe details are sparse because they're getting it from the future and they still need to build the time machine...

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  4. Tang. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, no. They should have tacked on some more names.

    Hyper
    Compu
    Global
    Ultra
    Turbo
    2002

    Now all it needs is some sort of advertising-catchy slogan-type thing.

    IBM Guy: Let the UltraGlobalDominatorChip2002 Allow your business to stomp down on the little guy.
    Duffman: Oh yeah!

  5. Re:Hyperchip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    naw, THX-1138 sounds *much* more realistic

  6. Funny Coincidence by Zenithal · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm here in Montreal, and I applied to go work for them not even a week ago.

    I was inadequate :)

    If they can figure that out, they probably have a chance.

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  7. Those were the days... by Gerald · · Score: 2, Funny
    "With the conservative estimates of the Internet usage doubling every six months, the need for bandwidth at the core of the Internet is outpacing the ability of the conventional router technology to keep up."

    Am I the only one, or did this make anyone else nostalgic for the mid-90s?