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May 20, 2012, 04:39:33 AM
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http://phys.org/news/2012-05-experts-unveil-superefficient-inexact-chip.html

Interesting development. I sure hope that it doesn't catch on to many other platforms though.
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May 20, 2012, 10:16:51 PM
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Quote from: deego on May 20, 2012, 12:49:20 PM
Quote from: LightRider on May 20, 2012, 04:39:33 AM
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-experts-unveil-superefficient-inexact-chip.html

Interesting development. I sure hope that it doesn't catch on to many other platforms though.
Interesting.  How is it a threat, though?



I was joking to be honest. It would be a legitimate threat to whoever used such chips for mining/handling bitcoin protocol traffic. The error rate would make it difficult to keep up with the rest of the network.
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