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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. Well, by 0x00000dcc · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Paradigms in science are not meant to last forever, they are usually broken, and computer science is no stranger to this candy.

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