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November 27th, 2003, 02:48 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
yeah, i read about this too 
very cool...
now... how about using a fusion power supply to fuel the whole thing? 
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November 27th, 2003, 01:02 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
thanks. confusing.
so, it's not totally optical?
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
The processor itself is completely optical. It's just the inputs and outputs that are standard electronic (electric signals converted to laser pulses, then detected light converted to electric signals).
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November 27th, 2003, 05:34 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
Yeah exactly, "fully optical computer" was a big misnomer. It's actually more like an optical CPU. The whole computer would probably have a bottleneck somewhere that would make it difficult to exploit the full processing power of the optical unit. For example, in some applications the electrical inputs / outputs may be the bottleneck. Still, for many types of applications this kind of speed and flexibility is a gigantic leap forward.
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November 27th, 2003, 05:35 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
If we are going to be talking about the possible computers of the future then don't forget the Quantum Computer using not bits but qubits.
Quantum Computers!
The equivalent of performing the same operation on a classical super computer with 10^150 separate processors...
Sounds pretty good to me.
Course that is with a 500 qubit system and Last I did any real checking into these systems they only had around a few dozen qubits processing at best.
Each of the systems sounds good. But each also has obstacles and problems to overcome.
As for "living ships" I think the closest we have now adays would be in this list of prototypes and future designs.
Next Generation Navies?
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November 27th, 2003, 06:15 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
Yes, I was hoping someone would bring that up! Very nice article.
I wonder if someday in our children's lifetimes they'll be arguing over whether DNA Macs suck and Optical Playstations have best gaming ability while Quantum PC games are always released full of bugs and compatibility issues. Hahaha!
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November 27th, 2003, 06:27 AM
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Re: OT: "Living ships" and Isreali bio-nanotechnology (plus, optical computers!)
It's the software damnit! Not the hardware! If Megahard would release a decent OS it wouldn't be an issue!
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