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Star Bridge FPGA "HAL" More Than Just Hype

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the smoke-clearing-mirror-disappearing dept.

Gregus writes "Though mentioned or discussed in previous /. articles, many folks (myself included) presumed that the promises of Star Bridge Systems were hype or a hoax. Well the good folks at NASA Langley Research Center have been making significant progress with this thing. They have more info and videos on their site, beyond the press release and pictures posted here last year. So it's certainly not just hype (though $26M for the latest model is a bit beyond the $1,000 PC target)."

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  1. uhh, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    uhh, so which link is the story?

  2. $26M ...just a drop in the bucket by Superfarstucker · · Score: 5, Funny

    26M? hah! i save that much every year pirating software and audio off the net.. puh-leez!

  3. Finally a solution! by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here we see the solution to the problem of too many comments about a /. story. Simply obfuscate the story so much that no one can figure out what it's about, or even find the link to the original. Hats off to Gregus and CowboyNeal for the idea.

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  4. Heh by code+shady · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like that little "page loaded in x seconds" blurb in the corner.

    I'm having waaay more fun then i should be refreshing the page and watching the load times get longer . . . and looooonnnnger . . . . and looooonnnnnnngggggggger.

    Hey, it beats workin'.

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    Look out honey cause I'm usin' technology
    Ain't got time to make no apologies
  5. Daisy Daisy... by RobertTaylor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well the good folks at NASA Langley Research Center have been making significant progress with this thing

    I can see it now...

    *techie smacks the machine

    HAL: "I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal."

  6. Reconfigurable Server? ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How long will it take thier server to reconfigure (or melt)? I guess it can't handle the slashdot effect.