The Machine

[Dodgey]

Looks like HP is making a new leap in computing.

Exciting indeed

[bsalis]

Watched it... was very interesting.

IMO time was due for a shakeup. When SSDs arrived I wondered how long it would take before the divide between Storage and Memory would be eliminated in computer architecture. Seems the change is on the way.

I think getting the OS right will be key. I don't think they will get it right the first time.

[78stonewobble]

Hmm... Specialiced processing isn't really that new (one could argue that our pc's do the same thing with ie. graphics cards), neither is higher density = good or that lower latency is good.

If they'll be able to take these things to the next level that would be awesome offcourse, but... let's see.

Hmm, how does "optronics" significantly cut latency? Over large distances sure, but unless you use optical directly into the processor or memory, you will have some sort of conversion delays?

EDIT: Ok, so we have a 6x amount in capacity using 1/80th the amount of power. That's great... however, if you then exponentially increase your need for capacy, then the improvement quickly vanishes or get's used up.

Edited June 17, 2014 by 78stonewobble

[Jouni]

IMO time was due for a shakeup. When SSDs arrived I wondered how long it would take before the divide between Storage and Memory would be eliminated in computer architecture. Seems the change is on the way.

That divide isn't going anywhere. HP is just trying to combine slow memory with fast storage, but it's still going to need multiple levels of fast memory between the CPU and the combined memory/storage.