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Re: [f-cpu] way off topic

On Seg 27 Ago 2001 12:56, Juergen Goeritz wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Ben Franchuk wrote:
> > Juergen Goeritz wrote:
> > > Not at all! Conquering new frontiers fits much better. :-)
> > >
> > > > but please don't leave before the first F-CPU prototype is built
> > > > ;-)
> > >
> > > Yes, it's one of the required base technologies though ;-)
> >
> > I say use my CPU designs instead.The F-cpu is too complex for
> > what really could be future computer design in deep space -
> > plastic transistors. In deep space you are living in a closed
> > habit and almost all products have to be recycled and/or
> > repaired. Conventional cpu design is too complex and poisonous
> > and wasteful and not productive for small population bases.
> > Earth 4 billion people -
> > Mars - 20 000 . Plastic computers would be IBM PC size and speed
> > for the critical systems.
>
> How do you built plastics without oil? And some
> loss of performance with every recycling step? :-(

Well, there are other ways to get plastics. Here in Brazil, a year ago I 
think, it was developed a technique to produce plastic from sugar cane 
(actually biodegradable plastic). Unfortunately it cannot be used to build 
transistors (at least they hadn't tryied that). But hey, halfway gone! :)


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Marco Aurélio Graciotto Silva
Computer Science - State University of Maringá
Maringá - Paraná - Brasil
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