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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."

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  1. Still... by inertia187 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only the elderly in Korea, however, ever appear to be afflicted with the aforementioned situation.

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    A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
  2. 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.

  3. Re: Russ Nelson by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I just read his entire article.
    Google's cache doesn't have the original article. The original didn't include the "disclaimer" he put at the bottom when he started getting heat.

    His job as president of the Open Source Initiative is to be their mouthpiece, their spokesman. He wrote this a week after he was appointed. Not a very auspicious start.

    He starts off with this statement

    "Blacks are lazy",
    ... then goes on to say ...
    If everything else is the same, a black person is less likely to want to work as hard as a white person
    Here he's not talking about discrimination or racism. He's using the present tense - today. He's saying, quite clearly, that he believes that, all things being equal, blacks today are less motivated to work than others.

    His comments on past history cannot be used as justification for making claims like these. I've asked him for proof, even one study, that backs those two statements up. He has none.

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    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.