Eternity RPC Board
02-14-2017, 11:28 PM
From my understanding, vacuum tubes are considered a discrete component. Or, at least, can be a discrete component. I don't think he was claiming that he build alternative PCs that rivaled modern PCs in scale and speed, but room-sized PCs using updated legacy technology that is nearly invulnerable to EMP attack...but slower. And likely requiring more maintenance.
The article you linked to about miniaturizing the vacuum tube is definitely helpful. I was wondering how small he could go and 150nm seems to be it. So his government and military's central computers would still be at least ten times larger than commercial alternatives.
What I'm more concerned about is whether or not these legacytech computers can handle modern OS and software/GUIs,or if they're stuck in the age of punch cards and code screens and junk? Can someone dig up something on that?
The article you linked to about miniaturizing the vacuum tube is definitely helpful. I was wondering how small he could go and 150nm seems to be it. So his government and military's central computers would still be at least ten times larger than commercial alternatives.
What I'm more concerned about is whether or not these legacytech computers can handle modern OS and software/GUIs,or if they're stuck in the age of punch cards and code screens and junk? Can someone dig up something on that?
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