Chipmakers are moving to nanite scale transisters and IBM has it on
the financial roadmap to move from transisters to Exotic Technologies
such as chips that resmemble neurons--
Where this is coming from was glance throgh a link Tom Johnson sent
out leading me to a speculative Question:
If that's the case wasn't asynchronous chips and computing tricks
supposed to work around need ridiculously small transistors?
I vaguely recall a Wired article from about 05 or so that was talking
about how Reel Soon Now computers would use parts literally grown- and
that organic parts were far more robust than sily-cone, about the same
time Slashmac(Slashdot for Apple news) was talking about Reel Soon Now
computers will go to fully Asynchronous leading to chips with the
same simple transistors and what not able to do more with what they
have- etc etc.
Mayhaps people that know the hardware side of computers and doodads
would enjoy speculating why that hasn't gained traction yet.
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