Pentium 6 discovered! Intel Denies All!

[Quan-Time]

pfft.. zif that true.. would be cool thou

[aldus4]

Wait a sec..Pentium, PII, PIII, PIV, P6 ?? Whatever happened to a pentium 5? Did I miss that somewhere, or is it true that Intel technicians can't count?*

*(that would explain that every new chip they introduce has more bugs than the last one!)

[exarkun5001]

I would imagine Intel would have at least one extra chip in the bag at all times...but i dont know about 11ghz..Who would know what to do with that speed....Except to encode VCD's of course....

[Rickyblaze]

I read somewhere they were going to release a new chip called Itanium could this be the pentium 5 . I think I read this on the Windrivers site I would have to check to confirm this but it was about a week ago that i read this . I believe it was rated in the high 1 gig or lower 2 gig but 11 gig WOW !!!!!

[DJToy]

The faster the better. Fast and the Furious i need, anyone got it? lol Happy 4th of July to all!!!

[ember]

But i live in Redcoat country
Anyways....happy 4th July to all my american cousins
Enjoy the fireworks hehe

[stiltman]

I read somewhere they were going to release a new chip called Itanium could this be the pentium 5 . I think I read this on the Windrivers site I would have to check to confirm this but it was about a week ago that i read this . I believe it was rated in the high 1 gig or lower 2 gig but 11 gig WOW !!!!!

Back from the dead for a laugh

[flaninacupboard]

but.................why?

Pentium five shouldn't happen. after all, we had 086, 286, 386, 486, then came the pentium. p2, p3 and p4. logic dictates the next chip will be called the Sexium!

[BJ_M]

why are you all replying to a 3 year old post ?


what - so did i

[sitlet]

[Greg12]

we all should be working towards processors based on quantom computing.

A quantom computer could break all current encryptions with ease.

[flaninacupboard]

perhaps. i read a funny article in new scientist explaining how a prototype of a QC worked, with diagrams and maths to back it all up. then in the las paragraph it says "the only problem being we can't find the sub atomic particle required in the computer. no one even knows if it actually exists."


plus it would need a major rethink for the rest of the system - you can't easily run x86 operations on a QC.

[Cobra]

A quantom computer could break all current encryptions with ease.

Quantum computing works on the basis of quantum entanglement. The fates of the two entangled particles are linked somehow and changes to one instantly affect the other, even if they are at opposite ends of the universe.

Does this mean that the instant you feed in a task, it will be solved? That would break encryption in the blink of an eye.

Here's an interesting link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3043731.stm

For more detailed information:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/

Interesting stuff. I may have to update my guide to cover overclocking a quantum machine sometime soon...

Cobra

[flaninacupboard]

*has horrible vision of Cobra deciding exotic matter would make the best quantum interface and creating infinite levels of anti-matter*

please leave it alone!

[Cobra]

I wonder if I'd get away with air cooling?

[flaninacupboard]

no, they'll need tachyon damping systems. and warp induction coils. and neagatively charged plasma conduit relays.
do you remember when voyagers' network caught a disease?

[Cobra]

Biological computing has a long way to go, but DNA computing can solve crypto pretty damn fast (like, overnight) once the method has been perfected.

I think I've seen that episode. I like Voyager, but I'm not a fan. I'll watch it if it's on TV and I happen to be too tired to stick a DVD in.

Cobra

[flaninacupboard]

i've heard of organic storage before, but not DNA computing. i assume it has to do with the replication process, mutations causing differenet combinations or some such?

Being too lazy to insert DVD's is why touchscreen, tv out, and massive hard drives were created! ok, so massive is not really a big enough word. i reckon i have somewhere in the region of 300 discs, somewhere between 1.3 and 2.6 terrabytes. i get about 4 new discs a week, so it'll be about 600 discs (2.6 - 5.4 TB) same time next year. wow!
Made from 160GB seagate drives (at 149 gigs each) i'd need 35 drives - that's £2342.95
Or maxtor 300gb drives at 279gb, i'd need 19 drives - £3199.10

roll on 2010, when my new pc will be a 2 terahertz, 8 terabyte machine with 64 gigs of ram and an 8x HD Bluray burner.

[Cobra]

We could be using holographic RAM by then:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/holographic-memory.htm

Nice, isn't it?

Cobra