jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer) (01/21/89)
In the referenced message, cthombor@luke.d.umn.edu (Clark Thomborson) wrote: > It seems that >Teller carries around a box, the size of a deck of cards, which he claims >is "equivalent to a Cray-1 in computing power". This part sounds like the S-1 Mark V described in _Star_Warriors_ by William Broad. In 1985 when the book was written, the O Boys were playing with a new approach to wafer-scale integration. Instead of the Trilogy approach of using conventional fab techniques with added redundancy, they were etching the circuits with a laser and testing each circuit as it was completed. They hoped to achieve an etching rate of 1000 transistors / second. > According to Cooper, the Cray-1-in-a-box is made from commercial >components and costs less than $10K. Radio Shack was mentioned as a possible >parts vendor! This part sounds like bull. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov ...well!pokey "...for we have Vim... for we have Vigor... for we have Advanced Nuclear Weaponry!"