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- - By Eagleclaww (***) [us] Date 2010-09-22 17:35
Lyric Semiconductor is getting closer to a long dreamed possibility: Using transistors as a "dimmer switch" instead of each transistor being either "on" or "off". What that amounts to a potential increase of a 1000x over current computer chips. They think they'll have thier first chip ready by 2013, although not as a desktop usable CPU. I'd imagine the chip would used for embedded applications at first, until they get more information on the viability of the technology.

In any event, that sort of technology has been long sought after in the industry.  If it ever gets to the desktop as a general purpose CPU, then it might usher in a new age of technology.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/technology/18chip.html
Parent - - By dcorbit (***) [us] Date 2010-09-22 19:49
We've come all the way back to analog, have we?
Parent - - By Regularuser (***) [gb] Date 2010-09-23 07:00
That's what I was thinking.  

Valves next?  :P   More seriously, this doesn't sound like a generalised computer, but a specialised computer that is fast at a particular type of problem.
Parent - By dcorbit (***) [us] Date 2010-09-23 08:16
Followed by relays.  Eventually, we will get to stone tablets.
Parent - - By Labyrinth (****) [us] Date 2010-09-24 08:34
Well anything to get more out of an individual transistor would be a tremendous benefit.
Parent - - By Eagleclaww (***) [us] Date 2010-09-24 19:26 Edited 2010-09-25 16:58
I'm not really sure they could ever make a general CPU from the technology, but for the types of embedded applications it could be used for, it would either increase performance, or decrease costs.
Parent - By Geomusic (*****) Date 2010-09-30 19:29 Edited 2010-09-30 19:47
This could revolutionize everything from stoplights to ICBMs and even chess computers! Uses are limitless, basically, anything that could use a more complex decision making process than yes and no or 1 ands 0s. Like life itself! Perhaps, androids are coming sooner than we think!
Parent - By Geomusic (*****) Date 2010-09-30 19:42
re: dcorbit, sometimes you got to take a step back to move 2 steps forward :)
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