Teraflop chip

[THC]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6354225.stm

[Entheogen]

Teraflops are so last year. It's all about Petraflops now!

[asterix]

Not true. The petraflops technology was recenlty taken over by microsoft, under a new standard called 'the total flop'

Its interesting the way processing power is increasing. I was at a 'futurist' seminar where the speaker showed that if we continue to increase cpu speed on the current exponential curve:

• In 5 years we should reach the processing power of a cockroach brain in one unique chip.
• In 50 years we will reach the brain power of a human being
• In 80 years time we will reach the brainpower of 12 human beings combined. Thats when we hardwire our brains into a computer system that records every human experience in our life that our future generations can relive instantly.

Apparently the roadmap was put together by one of the founders of intel.

[Motionreactor]

VistaFlops, I like it.

[ElektroMotif]

So all we need then is programs to exploit the new hardware capabilities.....I can't think of more than two video or 3D apps that I use that fully utilise multi cpu /core sytems written in 64bit code ATM! Let alone that it will primarily be used to show off some pointless eye-candy pseudo desktop metaphor improvement ... think Aero / Beryl / Bumptop here!

So my prediction is:

5 years - single CPU reaches the brain power of a cockroach .... a 'roachbot' becomes intelligent enough to escape it's confines and destroys itself trying to run for cover under a fridge.

50 years - cpu's reach the power of a single human brain, network, argue and destroy each other over their opinions on how they came to exist in the first instance.

80 years - In the aftermath of the cpu wars the first digital watch is re-invented, their slaves embrace it as a 'cool thing' and come out from hiding only to be put to work by their new masters to work in the silicon mines.

LOL

[vjrei]

Originally Posted by asterix

[*]In 80 years time we will reach the brainpower of 12 human beings combined.

Does that include women brains?

I wonder how 12 female brains combined will react under PMS.

Or 12 driving the same car

(I hope Holly won't read this)

[RayV]

vjrei,
you are so shallow & soooooooooooooo UNFUN to read
im considering changing my name

[THC]

yeah rey really sucks.....

[Rovastar]

Originally Posted by vjrei

Does that include women brains?

I wonder how 12 female brains combined will react under PMS.

Or 12 driving the same car

(I hope Holly won't read this)

You are an arse Rei.

I don't know if it is your culture, upbringing, or strange sense of humour etc. and frankly I don't care. I am not "politically correct" nutjob but even I can see how your comments are offensive.

You have been warned multiple times about this. (content/tone of your posts) and frankly you do not seem to listen at all. So I feel I am left with no choice but temporarily ban you from posting for a few days in the hope that think before you post in future.

[makemassair]

Originally Posted by THC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6354225.stm

oke: I feel slighly small