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I remember being excited about The Machine [1] from HP: "The Machine will be a complete replacement for current computer system architectures. There will be a
by insulanian 8y ago
I remember being excited about The Machine [1] from HP:
"The Machine will be a complete replacement for current computer system architectures. There will be a new operating system, a new type of memory (memristors), and super-fast buses/peripheral interconnects (photonics)."
"HP says it will commercialize The Machine within a few years, “or fall on its face trying.”"
It seems later happened...
[1] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184165-hp-bets-it-all-on-the-machine-a-new-computer-architecture-based-on-memristors-and-silicon-photonics https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184165-hp-bets-it-all-on...
- DJBunnies 8y agoLater always happens.
- insulanian 8y agoSorry for the typo :)
- na412 8y agoHP long ago rebranded "The Machine" to be just a powerful regular computer, since they haven't been successful in making viable memristors at scale. So they will deliver it, it just won't be anything like what they promised.
- akshayn 8y agoWhile HP's "The Machine" specifically appears to never have gone beyond the marketing phase, I think your excitement about the underlying technologies - silicon photonics combined with nonvolative memory combined with resource disaggregation - is valid [0], and they are probably coming. You can buy NVM today [1], and building systems for resource disaggregation work is an active problem [2]. [0] https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast14/technical-sessions/presentation/keynote https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast14/technical-sessions/... [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/gaming-enthusiast-ssds/optane-905p-series/905p-960gb-2-5inch.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-stor... [2] https://www.usenix.org/system/files/osdi18-shan.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/osdi18-shan.pdf