On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote:
Before people go running screaming that IBM has a processor that operates at
350 GHz I read that article and it makes no mention of a processor.
Indeed, see also:
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg00791.html
for an insightful comment.
re
>
>> Casper hit me with my HP calculator .. thus
>>
>>> I think you meant 0.850mm (850 micron), not 850cm :-)
>>>
>
> Worse.
>
>>bash-3.00$ bc
>>scale=9
>>299792458000<-- c cm/sec
> mm/sec
thats the beginning of the whole screw up I think. Now I recall why it
was just easier to leave
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
>> bash-3.00$ bc
>> scale=9
>> 299792458000<-- c cm/sec
>
> It's been a while, but I think that figure for C is metres/sec.
>
The great well spring of all knowledge says :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light
"In metric units, c is exactl
> Casper hit me with my HP calculator .. thus
>
>> I think you meant 0.850mm (850 micron), not 850cm :-)
>>
Worse.
>bash-3.00$ bc
>scale=9
>299792458000<-- c cm/sec
mm/sec
>1*10^9
>10
>299792458000/10
>299.792458000 <-- 299 cm at 1 GHz
>299.792458000/100
>2.997924
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> bash-3.00$ bc
> scale=9
> 299792458000<-- c cm/sec
It's been a while, but I think that figure for C is metres/sec.
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> Last time I checked the speed of light was still a constant at any
> temperature. Unless we get into mind bending quantum physics I think that
> at 350 GHz we can expect an electrical or electromagnetic signal to
> propagate the whopping distance of about 850 cm which is not a lot of
> silicon.
In the New York Times : Researchers Say New Chip Breaks Speed Record
Before people go running screaming that IBM has a processor that operates at
350 GHz I read that article and it makes no mention of a processor. Someone
I know sent me this pointing out the great technology advances that IBM is
