Kevin Corker writes:
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But let's talk about reality. You say that light computers don't need
clocks.
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Electric computers don't need clocks. Clocks are half-assed convenient for
proponents of Alternating Current, even when IC's are run on DC anyway.
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Do you know how computers work, all the way down at the instruction
set level?
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Yes, instruction level down to bit code. I even know how each circuit
diagram component works down to the electron level. A diode merely allows
current to flow in a given direction. A mirror merely allows light to flow
in a given direction.
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Unless you have some wild idea that's different from what is
being done now, the light still has to be stored, chaneled, and retrieved.
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You can store using electricity because you''ve already the "roads" built for
that kind of storage. You can also develop flash RAM easily. I already
suggested a prism on a pole, the angle of rotation wrt light beam determining
the "bit" value.
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Plus the instructions have to set the gates to do what the instructions want.
You can say you are doing it with mirrors, but that only a small part of the
CPU function.
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No, it's the whole part of the central processor. When an output from a
complex IC is merely an array of bits, that is causal to other gates
functioning, such as signalling an IO device to be ready to output a data
stream that will arrive in the next 5 nanoseconds on the databus, a databus
being merely a transient bit array. The clock as a device is used to
synchronize data flow linearly. The same effect can be achieved with a
centralized flash RAM consisting of a set of stacks and queues.
Do you think i'm handwaving? Calculators work with hardware stacks and
queues without a central processing unit, because synchronization of
instructions is done at the press of a button by the user.
So, why would Intel and Motorola use a cpu? Because of automation, and a
handy clock that will synchronize, and research and development of
electricity that dates back to the 1970's. Why electricity? Nuclear EMP
that wipes out electric circuits until the nuke hits [dunno if that's fiction
or not]. Why is that important? So you have time to go have sex with your
mate before you die, or else it's gloating on the part of those who would
like to destroy your city because it's important to them that you know who is
destroying you. Similar to my sentiment -- I like you to know my family
because it is my family that is either destroying you or saving you.
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