[Ti] Dual-processor PowerBooks upcoming??

[Dennis Fazio]

--On Wednesday, January 22, 2003 02:07 PM -0600 luke 
<etyrnal at ameritech.net> wrote:

> i think the efficiency of chips needs to be improved more.

CMOS is already the most efficient solid-state circuit technology. It draws 
no current of any substance until it switches state from 0 -> 1 or 1 -> 0. 
What we need is better software and compilers that are optimized to run 
instructions and data streams that group all the 0 states and 1 states 
together better so the circuitry doesn't have to toggle back and forth so 
much.

> or they need to design a power management system that will only allow the
> exact amount of current necessary to flow out of the battery on nothing
> higher...  dynamically  allocated of course

That already exists. It's called Ohm's law.  I = V/R
>
> a hot chip reminds me of a hot extension cord...  more juice than should
> be running through there...  what ever happened to Super Conductors?

Still working on getting the liquid hydrogen tanks, pumps and piping system 
to fit inside a one-inch high box and keep it under 10 pounds.
--
Dennis Fazio
dfz at mac.com