WILL fast computers be in 2010?

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Will there be computers like that in 2010?

Poll ended at Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:56 pm

Yes
4
44%
No
5
56%
 
Total votes: 9
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Postby nestorius » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:43 pm

isnt gq a made up thing? or does it stand for some multiple of ghz? I agree there are no 200ghz processors atm but I dont think you would really need that kind of power for what you do in uplink.
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Postby orillian » Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:41 pm

well maybe yes or no

take the first bit giga they exits gigabytest etc
as for the last bit, quad, it might mean four so 1gq of ram could actually be 4 gig of ram
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Postby Montyphy » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:36 pm

Its a term taken from Star Trek and the exact size has never been stated.
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Postby orillian » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:02 pm

not even in the star treck technical manual?
that even went into how the scanners and warp drive worked
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Postby Rkiver » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:18 pm

No, not even in the technical manual. Which I actually have.

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Postby xyzyxx » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:42 pm

I assumed quads were a unit of storage in a four-state system (bits being a two-state, or binary, system)
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Postby Montyphy » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:37 pm

As far as I knew/know, Star Trek Federation systems were tri-state machines (trinary?) which is what made it even more confusing to have a unit defined in quads.
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Postby DarkZero » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:48 pm

i dont think so, because intel and AMD want to make alot of money so they will wait with new releases till no one buys there old procesors anymore.

but still if they release there bio-procesors (works with proteins) then they will easly get up to a 300ghz.
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Postby alexanderpas » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:32 pm

in a 4state system, you can store double the amount in the same space as in a similar sized 2-state system

different states:
2-state: 01
4-state: 0123
(yes, i'm a programmer ;) )

therefor, the decimal value of 13 is stored as:
2-state: 1101
4-state: 31
(i'm not very lucky...)

and the decimal number 42 is stored as:
2-state: 101010
4-state: 222
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Postby SamAmberose » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:55 am

Defenitely Not.

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