End of Computer Transistors?

Ames · Feb 2, 2005

The crossbar latch is a new alternative to transitors which could result in computer speed multplied a thousandfold. Works in a space of only 2 to 3 nanometers. Crazy stuff.

...Of course, this would probably be made obsolete by quantum computing. But that's probably too far off.

http://www.eet.com/semi/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=59300037
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050201/molecular_computing_4.html
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2005/tc2005021_8453.htm

Burn · Feb 2, 2005

Wish I was smart enough to understand what you just said The Thing..

f|uke · Feb 2, 2005

Ritz said:
Wish I was smart enough to understand what you just said The Thing..

Translation: Your computer is now obsolete.

This kicks ass. I'm sure theres another 5 years before this stuff hits the market, but it sounds like it could help the industry surpass Moore's law by a longshot.

Games. Will. Rock.

But its kinda scary to think what that kind of computing power can do in the wrong hands..

I wonder how much heat it generates.

bliink · Feb 2, 2005

"crossbar latch"
Great name.

How about... "Hyper-pulse spectrometer field flux inducer"!

f|uke · Feb 2, 2005

bliink said:
"crossbar latch"
Great name.

How about... "Hyper-pulse spectrometer field flux inducer"!

1.21 gigawatts!!!

Burn · Feb 2, 2005

f|uke said:
Translation: Your computer is now obsolete.

..... Oh

bliink · Feb 2, 2005

f|uke said:
1.21 gigawatts!!!

nono... HYPERwatts! oh.. or NANOwatts, they sound even cooler... ohh.. NANOHYPERwatts!!

Seriously, why can't I have a job naming scientific advances? :naughty:

Tr0n · Feb 2, 2005

I still say optical processors are the way to go.

Almost speed of light computing....they would bearly put out any heat.Heck...motherboards would be way smaller due to using light to carry info instead of electrical signals.

Hazar · Feb 2, 2005

bliink said:
nono... HYPERwatts! oh.. or NANOwatts, they sound even cooler... ohh.. NANOHYPERwatts!!

Seriously, why can't I have a job naming scientific advances? :naughty:

I can just imagine: instead of TV, it would be telohypercoolwattsoundandpicturemajigger.

Ames · Feb 2, 2005

Ritz said:
Wish I was smart enough to understand what you just said The Thing..

I don't understand what I just said either.

Dan · Feb 2, 2005

what's the human brain equivalent of the capacitor?

ShinRa · Feb 2, 2005

human brain is about a 5 mhz computer

Hazar · Feb 2, 2005

ShinRa said:
human brain is about a 5 mhz computer

when dealing with math, probably,

but when dealing with more abstract things, it's unparalled by current computers.

Dan · Feb 2, 2005

yes, but can your brain run HL2 at 70fps with anti-aliasing turned on high?
Man, that would be sweet for those really boring times where you're just sitting around.

Ames · Feb 2, 2005

Dan said:
yes, but can your brain run HL2 at 70fps with anti-aliasing turned on high?
Man, that would be sweet for those really boring times where you're just sitting around.

My imagination is better than HL2.

TinyKilbasa · Feb 2, 2005

I can play tetris in my sleep...yep yep yep

Stigmata · Feb 2, 2005

Dan said:
yes, but can your brain run HL2 at 70fps with anti-aliasing turned on high?
Man, that would be sweet for those really boring times where you're just sitting around.

I can play it at a resolution of <my vision span> with antialiasing turned to <about 14/20 vision> at <a very high number> FPS.

Beat that!

CyberSh33p · Feb 2, 2005

The Thing said:
My imagination is better than HL2.

then why would you play HL2?

Ikerous · Feb 2, 2005

The Thing said:
My imagination is better than HL2.

Lucky bastard.. i hate my imagination

Does anyone else have the problem where when you imagine something, random parts will fall off? Or be put on backwards? And you cant imagine them back into place.. it really pisses me off...

mindless_moder · Feb 2, 2005

shit yeah ! ..... like i want my day dream or whatever it is to go a certain way coz of a mistake and then it doesnt work :S i think its the brain equivalant of the bsod

Razor · Feb 2, 2005

bliink said:
nono... HYPERwatts! oh.. or NANOwatts, they sound even cooler... ohh.. NANOHYPERwatts!!

Seriously, why can't I have a job naming scientific advances? :naughty:

Because then it would take 15 minutes and a dictionary to tell someone how to use a toaster :hmph:.

Brian Damage · Feb 5, 2005

Dan said:
what's the human brain equivalent of the capacitor?

A neuro capacitor. It's what causes brainfarts.

Alig · Feb 5, 2005

Ikerous said:
Lucky bastard.. i hate my imagination

Does anyone else have the problem where when you imagine something, random parts will fall off? Or be put on backwards? And you cant imagine them back into place.. it really pisses me off...

I sometimes start imagining a sound playing in my head thats really repetative and i can't for the life of me change the sound to something slightly different! :O I have to just stop thinking about the sound!.

baron insig · Feb 5, 2005

my imagination isnt better

oh wait it is

Gargantou · Feb 5, 2005

About FPS... What "FPS" does the human eye "run" at?

I've always wondered, saw on Discovery about some poor chap that was in a car accident, her brain ****ed up, she only got a image sent to her brain like once every third second :\ Imagine what a handicap that acctually is.:O

NeonSpyder · Feb 5, 2005

there was a thread about this ages back, but supposedly the human eye can see an infinite amount of fps, not being able to actually judge the fps of the picture, but can tell a difference between two images at different fps, say 150 and 200.

and the human transisters are neurons.

PvtRyan · Feb 5, 2005

Gargantou said:
About FPS... What "FPS" does the human eye "run" at? I've always wondered, saw on Discovery about some poor chap that was in a car accident, her brain ****ed up, she only got a image sent to her brain like once every third second :\ Imagine what a handicap that acctually is.:O

Lag!!!

NeptuneUK · Feb 5, 2005

Ikerous said:
Lucky bastard.. i hate my imagination

Does anyone else have the problem where when you imagine something, random parts will fall off? Or be put on backwards? And you cant imagine them back into place.. it really pisses me off...

thats SO true

or maybe we're just wierdos

Dr_Noswad · Feb 5, 2005

pmsl nope i think its me too, yeay collective wierdoness

bliink said:
nono... HYPERwatts! oh.. or NANOwatts, they sound even cooler... ohh.. NANOHYPERwatts!!

Seriously, why can't I have a job naming scientific advances? :naughty:

Guess i found a new sig

bryanf445 · Feb 5, 2005

bliink said:
nono... HYPERwatts! oh.. or NANOwatts, they sound even cooler... ohh.. NANOHYPERwatts!!

Seriously, why can't I have a job naming scientific advances? :naughty:

how about terawatts! :S

Deleter · Feb 5, 2005

there are actually names after all the giga, tera, peta, and beyond. cant think of the ones past peta, though one is exa, and one is yotta or something like that. it was in a maxiumum pc mag

PvtRyan · Feb 5, 2005

Deleter said:
there are actually names after all the giga, tera, peta, and beyond. cant think of the ones past peta, though one is exa, and one is yotta or something like that. it was in a maxiumum pc mag

Exa and then Yotta I believe.

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