Message-Id: Date: Mon, 4 Aug 97 23:30 MET DST To: billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz, djgpp AT delorie DOT com References: <199708040013 DOT MAA13359 AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz gatekeeper.tait.co.nz> Subject: Re: Linear Framebuffer with 4 GB RAM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT From: Georg DOT Kolling AT t-online DOT de (Georg Kolling) Precedence: bulk Bill Currie schrieb: > On 3 Aug 97 at 19:17, Conrad Wei-Li Song wrote: > > > At 08:50 AM 8/4/97 +1100, you wrote: > > There aren't that many atoms in the universe. I laugh at the people > > who say that 128-bit computers are around the corner. > > True (maybe), but who says you need atoms to store info? Who knows > what sort or memory will come out in the next 1000 years? Someone > might eventually figure out how to etch (and read) bit patterns onto > a 50 dimentional hyperplane with a capacity of 2^256 bits that can be > folded to something the size of a grain of salt. Far fetched, but > you never know. > It seems that you guys didn't hear about the Finnish company that invented a new RAM type based on color-changing bio material. With multiple layers, a credit-card-sized chip can store about 17 terabyte. It's accessed with laser light so it's VERY fast. And it is a permanent memory (like a hard disk) because that material doesn't change its color when you cut off the power supply. Actually, the only problem there is addressing... that's NOT a joke!!