Doesn't flash-type memory have a limited lifespan? Like X-hundred thousand read-write cycles?

I would think that a supercomputer would do that in no time.

Does Skyrim still have laggy issues on it?

solokumba: Does Skyrim still have laggy issues on it?

Depends on if you're running it vanilla or community patched. Vanilla would bring down HAL.

taurusowner: solokumba: Does Skyrim still have laggy issues on it?

Depends on if you're running it vanilla or community patched. Vanilla would bring down HAL.

Vanilla would make Deep Thought slow to a crawl.

Savior of the Universe
Flash
He save everyone of us
Flash
He's a miracle
Flash
King of the impossible ?

So when do the machines take over?

Marmanukem: So when do the machines take over?

as soon as some idiot googles google they will become self aware.

FROGSTOMPER: Marmanukem: So when do the machines take over?

as soon as some idiot googles google they will become self aware.

Wait, I was told that would break the internet by a rather reliable source.

/hotlinkied

FloydA: Herr Flick's Revenge: Savior of the Universe
Flash
He save everyone of us
Flash
He's a miracle
Flash
King of the impossible ?

Flash- ah-ahh!
Savior of the Universe
Flash-ah-ahh!
Gads about in his underpants


Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would've hidden from it in terror.

johnson442: Doesn't flash-type memory have a limited lifespan? Like X-hundred thousand read-write cycles?

I would think that a supercomputer would do that in no time.

All hard drives have a limited read-write cycles, even RAM has them. But the typical life span of the machine will most likely never hit it.

What I'd like to see is a machine built with Solid State storage like this one, but also with asynchronous processors and SRAM. Then I'd like to see how long that machine would have to last before its power bills make it cheaper than a hard drive + synchronously clocked processor + DRAM machine of similar power.

I like the name.

Gordon Bennett: I like the name.

I believe there is a Disco Bandit out there who is not properly managing his inventory.

Metraxis: Gordon Bennett: I like the name.

I believe there is a Disco Bandit out there who is not properly managing his inventory.

Wait what?

But I'm a Seal Clubber right now... It can't be me.

Aidan: Metraxis: Gordon Bennett: I like the name.

I believe there is a Disco Bandit out there who is not properly managing his inventory.

Wait what?

But I'm a Seal Clubber right now... It can't be me.

Of course not. I was referring to the Supercock I quoted.

//SUPERCOCK
//Slashies

Came for the Flash Gordon reference, left satisfied.

Metraxis: What I'd like to see is a machine built with Solid State storage like this one, but also with asynchronous processors and SRAM. Then I'd like to see how long that machine would have to last before its power bills make it cheaper than a hard drive + synchronously clocked processor + DRAM machine of similar power.

we already have asynchronous processors... they are called video cards. And the lasting part is not the hard thing to overcome. silicone chips are pretty durable assuming there's no radiation and you keep them below ~90c . Usually the capacitors on the motherboard are the first to go, or something else goes when thermal cycling kills solder joints.

unless you're running a server, solid state hdd's will probably outlast mechanical in terms of MTBF.

yah, so, i've been saying that bigger computers are needed for genomic analysis for years now.

MetaRinka: silicone chips are pretty durable assuming there's no radiation and you keep them below ~90c . Usually the capacitors on the

where'd your carbon side chains come from? i run straight silicon in mine. well, with some doping.

MetaRinka: Metraxis: What I'd like to see is a machine built with Solid State storage like this one, but also with asynchronous processors and SRAM. Then I'd like to see how long that machine would have to last before its power bills make it cheaper than a hard drive + synchronously clocked processor + DRAM machine of similar power.

we already have asynchronous processors... they are called video cards. And the lasting part is not the hard thing to overcome. silicone chips are pretty durable assuming there's no radiation and you keep them below ~90c . Usually the capacitors on the motherboard are the first to go, or something else goes when thermal cycling kills solder joints.

unless you're running a server, solid state hdd's will probably outlast mechanical in terms of MTBF.

All the video cards I've seen use GPUs with traditional clocks, though I'd love to see a whitepaper that proved me wrong, and yes, durability is sort of the point. The three technologies I mentioned have significantly higher up-front costs compared to the 'standard' tech, but last longer, use much less power, or both I'm wondering where in the life cycle the crossover occurs in terms of total cost.

/Oblig

FTFA: 340 Teraflops per second

I'm going to head over there at 60 MPH per hour (might have to buy gas because I only get 30 MPG per gallon, so I'll need to stop at the ATM machine and enter my PIN number) and discuss redundancy in acronyms with the author (re: redundancy).

If you don't grok science, don't write about it.