| From: | Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Headware Memory |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:33:19 +1100 |
Watkins[SMTP:robert.watkins@******.com] wrote:
> Geoff Skellams writes:
> > I seem to recall that the basis of the computers in SR is a
> > simple biological structure. At the moment, I cannot for the life of
me
> > remember where the hell I read this (although "Blood in the
Boardroom"
> > seems to be floating to the surface of my consciousness). If
computer
> > systems are based more on the way the human brain is structured,
then it
> > isn't going to be binary. It will work by the neurons firing and
> > triggering responses in other neurons.
>
> SR computers are based on optical processing. The medium they use to
> generate and store the optical data is an organic substance, though
not a
> living one (it is grown, though, so it does have a biological
structure).
>
Thanks Robert. I knew that I had read something like that
somewhere along the line (they were talking about the guy who actually
invented the system in the first place, IIRC).
> An optical substance would not be limited to 2 states, and thus a
binary
> system would not be mandated.
Yep, I concur. I believe that sooner or later (probably later),
computing is going to need to get out of using binary logic if it really
wants to advance. There are just too many problems that you can't do
properly with just two states.
cheers
G
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Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
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