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From: Boris Maryshev <boris.maroshev@itcollege.ee>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] datakit
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:19:12 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200408212019.12950.boris.maroshev@itcollege.ee> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013601c486e5$4d4951e0$7dec7d50@SOMA>

В сообщении от Пятница 20 Август 2004 21:41 boyd, rounin написал(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 than 
adding more complexity in software, isn't it? Quantitative leap - yes, 
qualitative - no.

What if next generation of processors will be built of a single atom?

Boris
-- 
You'd like to do it instantaneously, but that's too slow.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-08-21 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-19 15:11 Steve Simon
2004-08-20  1:35 ` geoff
2004-08-20  1:52   ` George Michaelson
2004-08-20  2:43     ` geoff
2004-08-20  3:09       ` George Michaelson
2004-08-20  5:46         ` geoff
2004-08-21  0:33           ` ron minnich
2004-08-21  4:51             ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-21 14:22             ` Brantley Coile
2004-08-22  9:50               ` Tim Newsham
2004-08-23  2:50               ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 14:13         ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-20  9:45       ` C H Forsyth
2004-08-20 12:55         ` Long Political Rant. Was: [Re: [9fans] datakit] Dave Lukes
2004-08-20 16:45           ` Jack Johnson
2004-08-20 16:59             ` rog
2004-08-20 13:06         ` [9fans] datakit Wes Kussmaul
2004-08-20 16:51         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2004-08-20 17:07           ` rog
2004-08-22 19:06             ` Jack Johnson
2004-08-20 18:41           ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-21 16:37             ` Boris Maryshev
2004-08-21 17:19             ` Boris Maryshev [this message]
2004-08-20  3:30     ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 14:24       ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-23 15:04         ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-08-23 15:27           ` ron minnich
2004-08-20 13:48   ` boyd, rounin
2004-08-20  5:05 dmr
2004-08-20  5:35 ` George Michaelson

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