31 Dec
2013
31 Dec
'13
12:26 a.m.
On 31/12/13 10:43, Rohan McLeod wrote:
Trent W. Buck wrote: ... Still in the future when topological quantum processors have reduced instruction execution time to effectively zero; do you think ROM, 'disk' and RAM I/O; may remain the significant constraints ?
When FRAM or similar non-volatile RAM finally gets here at competitive speed and price we can just freeze the runnning system and power off with the convenience of instant hot start, subject to all that motherboard preamble crap. ... Maybe we could just have an eternal very low power wait state. .. Arghh - peripherals wouldn't like that. Back to a m/b 15 sec waking yawn and a 7 sec boot.