On 05/16/2013 11:18 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: > There is going to be a paradigm shift or some new kind of disruptive > technology is going to pop up before 'exascale' happens. > > Quantum or some shizzle. It will do to clusters what the cluster did > to IBM and Cray.
We have to stop using fermions for computing and start using bosons. Talk about massively parallel ... Overlap those wavefunctions baby! BTW: I am actually not kidding about this, fermions provide an effective serialization of a particular data path, while bosons (photons) allow many simultaneous uses. Combined with "quantum computing" (not D-Wave, but something ... er ... more ... quantum ... like ... thingy) where we can have "switches" in many states at once, and interacting with input (bosons) ... Think optical fibre or cable for TVs. Huge aggregate bandwidth, one small cable. Bosons rule. Fermions dribble. -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics, Inc. email: [email protected] web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/siflash phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
