It was on the italian news, it's an optical processor, so it may or may not be x86 compatible, I dont know the name of the company but I can try and find out. - - - - -
Ivan Leo Murray-Smith wrote:
This depends, it can go from 15-20 minutes to over 4 hours. A company in Israel has built a 8000 Ghz (Not a typo, it's Ghz) processor, that may take it down to a few seconds.
I think you just pointed to the local technology press being negligent to a degree never before seen. This is the first I have heared about such a thing (these things usually make it all the way into the mainstream press).
Do you know the company's name?
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Ivan Leo Murray-Smith wrote:
It was on the italian news, it's an optical processor, so it may or may not be x86 compatible, I dont know the name of the company but I can try and find out.
On a guess you are talking about this (Slashdot ran the story twice)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/30/2258238&mode=thread&tid=... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/29/1434203&mode=thread&tid=...
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