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Quantum computing, carbon chips, biological chips, optical chips. I have heard about these supposed alternatives to classic silicon chips since at least 20 year
by DeathArrow 2y ago
Quantum computing, carbon chips, biological chips, optical chips. I have heard about these supposed alternatives to classic silicon chips since at least 20 years ago. They always were 10 years from the point where they can show their super-powers.
I am not saying it can't be done, but I think we are either limited by the level of science we know or by money. We are probably still far from a major breakthrough in computing that will yield exponential growth.
And even when we will have the wonder chip, someone will port Javascript on it, so things can be slow again. :)
- parl_match 2y agoThe benefits have to outweigh the cost. We're finally reaching the edge of silicon based technologies, where improvements are not guaranteed or incremental. There's still, obviously, a lot of possible improvement, but it's finally worth seriously looking at alternatives. You'll likely start to see optical networking in cars first, fwiw.