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And many of these still don't have enough RAM to make SQLite workable. That said, I look forward to the day when SQLite is the smallest database we will need; i

by geedy 11y ago

And many of these still don't have enough RAM to make SQLite workable. That said, I look forward to the day when SQLite is the smallest database we will need; its just up for debate when that will occur.

nickpsecurity 11y ago
You think that's difficult? Here's you the next challenging target for DB work or whatever after your PhD is done: http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/10/considerations-for-4-bit-processing/ http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/10/consider... Bet you didn't know they were even still around, eh? Get's better: http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/mc14500b-a-1-bit-industrial-processor.88417/ http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/mc14500b-a-1-bit-... With manuals and Verilog included. :)
- geedy 11y ago
  I recently was invited to give a talk about LittleD at the University of Michigan. While there, I got to talk with the one of the lead researchers working on the world's smallest computer, this thing: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2015/Worlds-Smallest-Computer-Michigan-Micro-Mote.html http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2015/Worlds-Sm... The basic computer has so little memory (~3KB total for code/data IIRC) to make anything sophisticated impossible, but there are extensions that keep the thing much smaller than a typical embedded device (like orders of magnitude smaller) but providing enough for there to be interesting work.
  - nickpsecurity 11y ago
    That's really neat. So tiny a fly could trip over it haha. Many of the advances in process nodes are making complex hardware small & efficient enough to do stuff like this. However, I still think there's worthwhile gains in R&D where we just throw more limited hardware in there w/ dedicated functions. We're seeing that with 8-bits + smart peripherals but I think there's more to do. My last idea was several hundred 8-bit processors in a multi-core config that could handle many data-processing problems. Turns out it wasn't entirely original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilocore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilocore Doubted about its marketability but supports my assertion these little CPU's & such can go much further on modern nodes. Just gotta experiment. Your work is another example.

by geedy 11y ago

nickpsecurity 11y ago

You think that's difficult? Here's you the next challenging target for DB work or whatever after your PhD is done: http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/10/considerations-for-4-bit-processing/ http://www.embeddedinsights.com/channels/2010/12/10/consider... Bet you didn't know they were even still around, eh? Get's better: http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/mc14500b-a-1-bit-industrial-processor.88417/ http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/mc14500b-a-1-bit-... With manuals and Verilog included. :)

geedy 11y ago
I recently was invited to give a talk about LittleD at the University of Michigan. While there, I got to talk with the one of the lead researchers working on the world's smallest computer, this thing: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2015/Worlds-Smallest-Computer-Michigan-Micro-Mote.html http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2015/Worlds-Sm... The basic computer has so little memory (~3KB total for code/data IIRC) to make anything sophisticated impossible, but there are extensions that keep the thing much smaller than a typical embedded device (like orders of magnitude smaller) but providing enough for there to be interesting work.
- nickpsecurity 11y ago
  That's really neat. So tiny a fly could trip over it haha. Many of the advances in process nodes are making complex hardware small & efficient enough to do stuff like this. However, I still think there's worthwhile gains in R&D where we just throw more limited hardware in there w/ dedicated functions. We're seeing that with 8-bits + smart peripherals but I think there's more to do. My last idea was several hundred 8-bit processors in a multi-core config that could handle many data-processing problems. Turns out it wasn't entirely original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilocore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilocore Doubted about its marketability but supports my assertion these little CPU's & such can go much further on modern nodes. Just gotta experiment. Your work is another example.