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End of The Von Neumann Computing Age?

Posted by timothy on from the until-it's-on-my-desk dept.

olafo writes "Three recent Forbes articles: Chipping Away, Flexible Flyers and Super-Cheap Supercomputers cite attractive alternatives to traditional Von Neumann computers and microprocessors. One even mentions we're approaching the end of the Von Neumann age and the beginning of a new Reconfigurable computing age. Are we ready?"

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  1. Jerry said it first ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Neumann!"

  2. The lighter side... by chimpo13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of an Alfred E. Neuman computing age. I can't wait to see Dave Berg's take.

    Roger Kaputnik where art thou?

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    1. Re:The lighter side... by mattsucks · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sometimes I think we ARE in an Alfred E. Neuman computer era ... "What, Me Worry?" sounds an awful lot like the rationale for Palladium & "trusted computing"

  3. I'll believe it when I see it. by TerryAtWork · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure these articles mention the 'Von Neumann Bottleneck' which is a power distribution in instruction execution, as 10 % of the instructions get executed 90 % of the time.

    But *I* say the REAL VNBN is that only 90 % of all computer scientists are only 10 % as smart as Von Neumann.

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  4. If The Usual Gang of Idiots is designing by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 1, Funny

    the future, there's only one man for the job: Al Jaffee.

    from the word processor to the ATM, he's invented so many things in jest that 15 years later appear on the market, it's a wonder we don't speak his name in the same breath as Edison.

  5. Re:"no stranger to this candy?" [semi-semi-OT] by Chundra · · Score: 2, Funny


    oddests turns of phrase? What on Earth does that mean?