el gappo

i calculate they ain't accounting for >9000 core processors

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pale_neon

If calculating it is that easy, go ahead and do it yourself. show your work.

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GSingh

but they're not GOING anywhere!?
The voltage across the transistors would simply be going on and off at a faster rate.

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r4zr

O.o?

Gillos

"Did they factor in Nanites using Abacuses?"

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Nebel

I'm going to laugh at this in 100 years when it's proven wrong.

Liability

They're saying that there's an innate speed limit, similar to the speed of light. But as I said before, the speed of light has already been surpassed so it's a pretty bad comparison...

TaT3rs

Who cares, in ten years the computers we are using now will look puny and slow compared to what we will be using. Even if it does cap off in the next decade, whatever the limit is it will be blazing fast.

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mothergoose729

What about a truly massively parrellel super computer? Computer chips can only get so big sure, but you can link as many chips together as you want...

I think it is really on a matter of time (10 years max) before computers are plenty fast enough to accomplish any reasonable task. The only barriers that will exist after that is creating a perfect artificial environment (gaming) and AI.

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SyncMaster753

haha, a little optimistic

I'm thinking humans will never get to the point that their only limiting factor is this value.

There are just too many diminishing returns when you would come even close to approaching it.

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