It seems to me that we could extend Moore's Law (observation) for another 7 years just by switching from copper and electron based bit transfer methods to fiber and light based bit transfer. Just like we went from copper telephone wires to fiber. Since electrons only travel at 1/10 the speed of light, we could theoretically have optical computers with FSB speeds of 8ghz! (quad pumped double data rate of course) That could hold us over until quantum computing arrives.
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I'm not really to concerned about when the switch will happen. I'm sure Lain will see that it goes smoothly.
Did anyone else notice that a slideshow option is in almost every longhorn screenshot?
just to skipped to IP v.7. That way all of the integration issues would be taken care of by Lain.
It seems to me that we could extend Moore's Law (observation) for another 7 years just by switching from copper and electron based bit transfer methods to fiber and light based bit transfer. Just like we went from copper telephone wires to fiber. Since electrons only travel at 1/10 the speed of light, we could theoretically have optical computers with FSB speeds of 8ghz! (quad pumped double data rate of course) That could hold us over until quantum computing arrives.