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Kinda like magic crystals in fantasy stories. With the complexity of modern processors, they are basically slab of magic stones to most people anyway.
by neurostimulant 5y ago
Kinda like magic crystals in fantasy stories. With the complexity of modern processors, they are basically slab of magic stones to most people anyway.
- abecedarius 5y agoThat's unfair to Stephenson. The computer in his story was based on real design sketches of what you could do if you had atomically-precise manufacturing with an integrated liquid cooling network. (He did make the cooling network jet steam out at the end to go with the story's steampunk vibe -- that part seemed unrealistic.)