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From: Lars Segerlund <lars.segerlund@c...>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:43:35 +0100
Subject: Re: [oc] Beyond Transmeta...
I just had to comment :-) ..... read with toungue in cheek, ( if you
can do that and still read ;-) ).
Niclas Hedhman wrote:
> I can't help myself....
>
> On Thursday 13 February 2003 16:55, Lars Segerlund wrote:
>
>> Brains consume about 300 Watt's of power on standby, and somwhere
>>around 1500+ Watt's at full 'power'.
>
>
> But I heard the energy in peanut can keep the brain going for 2 hours.
> But considering the 100Hz clock, even that it sounds a bit high ;o)
>
> Also tried running the brain on AAA batteries, but DC-Glucose converter still
> has some quirks and doesn't function.
>
> ;o)
>
Figure out the thermal efficiency of the process :-) .... brain sucks !
However the peanut thingy seems to be correct, I ate two peanuts, and
my brain continued to work for two more hours ! ( seriously, this info
is plain wrong ).
>
>>, the wrinkels on the human brain are
>>cooling fins, and the brain has a rather elaborate cooling system, also
>
>
> Thought the wrinkles on the brain was related to the wrinkles in the
> forhead/face, but more distinct, due to its proximity. Theory;
>
> frequency * wavelength = speed in medium,
>
> hence if wavelength (standing wave) ~1cm and frequency 100Hz, the speed in the
> brain would be around 1 meter per second, compared to the average computer
> at 200-300 million meters per second.
>
This is roughly correct, the responce time of a brain is around 0.5 s
in the best case,
however it is good at hiding it's own fallancies.
>
>>it uses more than 7 'neurons' for each bit it represents and more in the
>>interconnect, I don't think it has got a low power consumtion at it's
>>rated operating frequency of around 100 Hz. Furthermore, it's stressed
>>to the limit most of the time it's operating, it does seem to have
>>someting better than a alfa-beta prunin though as it still manages to
>>function :-).
>
>
> "Stressed to the limit", hmmm?? I thought it is mainly inoperable, idle and
> "rusty".
>
No, now youre mixing up cause with effect ;-)
>
> Niclas
>
>
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