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World's First Polymorphic Computer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-kind-of-unstable dept.

tdelama writes to mention Raytheon Company has developed the first polymorphic computer named the Morphable Networked Micro-Architecture (MONARCH) for the US Department of Defense. "'Typically, a chip is optimally designed either for front-end signal processing or back-end control and data processing,' explained Nick Uros, vice president for the Advanced Concepts and Technology group of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. 'The MONARCH micro-architecture is unique in its ability to reconfigure itself to optimize processing on the fly. MONARCH provides exceptional compute capacity and highly flexible data bandwidth capability with beyond state-of-the-art power efficiency, and it's fully programmable.'"

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  1. But... by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Funny

    does it support multiple inheritance?

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    1. Re:But... by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is it fully buzzword compliant?

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    2. Re:But... by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Funny

      To topple it, they'll need to create the Amorphable Networked Micro-Architecture (ANARCH).

      :-)

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  2. Sounds Familiar by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Low Power, Able to adapt / optimize itself as needed. Sounds like the old Transmeta designs. It would compile and execute code in the processor to emulate x86 commands as needed instead of hard wiring them.

    Of course it also sounds like terminator chip but I think that was from another company and should have already happened by now. ;)

  3. Polymorphic? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The MONARCH zaps itself with a wand of polymorph. The arch-lich hits! Oh no, it's using the touch of death! You die..."

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  4. First a real Skynet and now this... by Hubec · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get a 100k of these running in parallel, give em a self organizing and threading algorithm and run for cover. On the plus side Schwarzenegger's armageddon would be much more interesting than Gore's alternative.

  5. Re:Beyond state of the art? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their state-of-the-art-meter goes to eleven.

  6. It gets better... by bconway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget, it's from the company that brought us the Patriot Missile (TM), so you know it's gonna be good.

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