From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Boris Maryshev To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] datakit Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:37:30 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <013601c486e5$4d4951e0$7dec7d50@SOMA> In-Reply-To: <013601c486e5$4d4951e0$7dec7d50@SOMA> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200408211937.30629.boris.maroshev@itcollege.ee> Topicbox-Message-UUID: d80c2480-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 =D0=92 =D1=81=D0=BE=D0=BE=D0=B1=D1=89=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=B8 =D0=BE=D1=82 = =D0=9F=D1=8F=D1=82=D0=BD=D0=B8=D1=86=D0=B0 20 =D0=90=D0=B2=D0=B3=D1=83=D1= =81=D1=82 2004 21:41 boyd, rounin =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0= =BB(a): > i have 2nd hand knowledge that the next generation of chips > will be built from tracks of atoms. my source [reliable] was > doing research in this field. > > it was done at York uni. i think plessey were funding it. Squeezing WWII technology deeper and deeper into the matter is no better th= an=20 adding more complexity in software, isn't it? Quantitative leap - yes,=20 qualitative - no. What if next generation of processors will be built of a single atom? Boris =2D-=20 You'd like to do it instantaneously, but that's too slow.