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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by asimuvPR on Friday May 27, 2016 @07:33PM (#11789811)
Makes you wonder what will be built in the next hundred years with what we have available now.
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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by pjmlp on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:16AM (#11791046)
I would be happy with the Xerox PARC developer experience becoming mainstream, instead of people insisting in replaying a PDP-11 developer experience on their hexacore workstation with 16 GB and 2 GB GPGPU and the insistence of relying on programming languages that were already known as unsafe in early 70's for our IT infrastructure.
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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by nickpsecurity on Saturday May 28, 2016 @01:16PM (#11792410)
It's a nice thought but not happening. Given transition to hardware accelerators, I'd also be happy with products like this coming down to consumer, mid-range price:

http://picocomputing.com/products/picocube/picomini/

Imagine what I could do with that baby armed with HLS or Qflow. :)

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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by hola_hola on Saturday May 28, 2016 @12:38AM (#11790595)
Strong AI. We probably have the technology to build it now but not the know-how.
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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by intrasight on Saturday May 28, 2016 @01:33AM (#11790704)
I'd be happy with Weak AI
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