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Sun Working to Obsolete Motherboards
perl_camel_jockey writes "Sun is developing a new technology that promises to increase computing power by eliminating the need for physical, soldered chip-to-chip connections on the motherboard. Called 'proximity communications', it portends the ability for chips to talk to one another wirelessly just by being next to each other. Potential applications in computer design abound. Apparently this is part of Sun's Hero program, recipient of a $50 million grant from DARPA's High Productivity Computing Systems program to rejuvenate supercomputing in the US and regain the lead lost to Japan, in particular to NEC's Earth Simulator, ranked as the most powerful supercomputer in the world."
Slashdot repeats itself.. yet again. Imagine that.
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For a close to first post post.
Yeah, it's a dupe.
Sun should direct their efforts in making themselves relevant in today's tech/IT field. I see them becoming irelevant and in big trouble pretty soon! This is a mis-directed effort, and as such, will fail. Poor Sun.
just a pearoast, move along.
Russia to cure a type of cancer using stem cells and congress would pass a law funding it the next day.
Soviet Georgia has phages which could replace antibiotics in some instances and kill antibiotic resistant infections. We haven't funded it yet. Possibly since Soviet Georgia hasn't found a way to capitalize on the tech.
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Probably out-of-touch enough to mod you Flamebait or Troll, heh...blah blah blah Inow I am just writing stuff to beat the 2 minute time limit because SlashShit sucks my cock like a vacuum cleaner on high speed dum dee dum dee dum whoops-a-daisy.....
"mortality is essential for human dignity." - I don't think this has anything to do with Christian principles. It is just how life is organized.
Imagine what could happen if nobody dies anymore - we will probably all die in the next few decades due to overpopulation, hunger and pollution.
Is that it represents the first step towards real ubiquitous computing. With this technology, there's really no need to have the computer be bound to the actual physical box. You can put the chips in just about anything as long as they can communicate, basically. So you could literally be surrounded by a computer when stepping into a room with chips embedded in the walls. Now that's pervasive computing, we could have real "smart" buildings!
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The more I talk about it, the less I do control
Everything means Everything
Can't understand a word
Half of the stuff we're saying
And who gives a crap about efficiency? This device needs 400w, i could run a wire to it and send 400w or I could build a nuclear reactor and blast it with 15 gigawatts!
Oh crap I just developed cancer, guess that sending 400w over a copper wire wasn't such a stupid idea after all.
Knowing that WegianWarrior still lives with his mom...priceless
Man, I wish I could mod to +10,Funny!
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