Re: filmscanners: That's some overclocking

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Actually this DNA stuff is slow compared to the theoretical quantum
mechanical systems they are working on.  I think Douglas Adams (RIP) of
Hitchhiker's Guide fame, wasn't far off with his improbability drive ;-)

Art

Tim Atherton wrote:
> 
> I want to know when they are going to get those DNA based computers they've
> been working on up and running? (seriously...)
> 
> tim a
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnny Deadman" <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
> To: "Filmscanners" <Filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: That's some overclocking
> 
> > the Motorola press release is here. It doesn't say anything about 70 GHz
> > chips!
> >
> >
> http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=MOT&script=410&layout
> > =-6&item_id=203874
> >
> > basically I think they have managed to bond a gallium arsenide layer to a
> > silicon substrate in a way that allows both electronic and optical
> > processing. Getting optical processing to work on a chip is a big
> > achievement.
> > --
> > John Brownlow
> >
> > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
> >