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[Tarub]

Predictions...by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.

fiber optics cable in a single strand of fiber pushes 14 trillion bits per second.

 

[rnatalli]

The takeover has already begun. Today, the darn copier was telling me what to do

 

[markw]

Is that $1,000 in 2049 dollars? If so, you'll be able to get it at the bottom of a box of cereal or as a crackerjack prize.

 

[jamie2112]

I'll take 2 thank you.

 

[j_garcia]

Is that $1,000 in 2049 dollars? If so, you'll be able to get it at the bottom of a box of cereal or as a crackerjack prize.

Yes, but the cereal will cost $10K

 

[lsiberian]

Predictions...by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species.

fiber optics cable in a single strand of fiber pushes 14 trillion bits per second.

there are numerous issues to overcome for this to be achieved. We are reaching the limits of silicon based semiconductors. Though there are some crazy thoughts like using manufactured diamonds. Still a single computer has the computation ability of a lizard brain.

 

[aberkowitz]

Though there are some crazy thoughts like using manufactured diamonds.

Arthur Clarke wrote about the use of diamonds for space elevators in a couple of his novels, which was based on some scientific research that dates back to the 1960s/70s.

 

[mtrycrafts]

..Still a single computer has the computation ability of a lizard brain.

But then, one asks, how much computations does a lizard really do or need to do?