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A Hardware-Software Symbiosis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-job-will-be-replaced-by-robots-soon dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "We all want smaller and faster computers. Of course, this increases the complexity of the work of computer designers. But now, computer scientists from the University of Virginia are coming with a radical new idea which may revolutionize computer design. They've developed Tortola, a virtual interface that enables hardware and software to communicate and to solve problems together. This approach can be applied to get a better performance from a specific system. It also can be used in the areas of security or power consumption. And it soon could be commercialized with the help of IBM and Intel."

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  1. Heh by NeoTerra · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We could use the software to hide flaws in the hardware, which would allow designers to release products sooner because problems could be fixed later," explains Hazelwood.
    Looks like we have a winner!
  2. Re:HOT! by bigtangringo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holy hot faculty, Batman!

    Funny thing is she'll probably read this /. thread.

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