Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Unpredictability in Future Microprocessors

Posted by Zonk on from the guesstimating dept.

prostoalex writes "A Business Week article says increase in chip speeds and number of transistors on a single microprocessor leads to varying degrees of unpredictability, which used to be a no-no word in the microprocessor world. However, according to scientists from Georgia Tech's Center for Research in Embedded Systems & Technology, unpredictability becomes a great asset leading to energy conservation and increased computation speeds."

1 of 244 comments (clear)

  1. Re:In the future by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No, in the future, it doesn't matter whatever you put in, it will say "close enough". Or "sorry". or "It depends". Or "Since I'm only 80% sure you should be logged in, I'm ignoring 20% of your keystrokes and mouse clicks - have a nice day."
    On February 7th, Russ Nelson (Open Source Initiative president) published an article called "Blacks are lazy", quoted in journal entries here and here.

    Please consider signing the online petition asking OSI to remove Russ Nelson.