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

    Is it fully buzzword compliant?

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  2. 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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    How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
  3. 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.

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

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