Yes, that is correct! Because electricity travels through a wire at the approximate speed of 1 nanosecond per foot!
Chuck ---- Original Message ---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: How ICs are made - the inside track... Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:28:47 -0500 >On 17-01-24 03:14 AM, Roddy Scott wrote: >Processor chips >> may have gotten a little bit bigger but not by much but could you >> imagine the size of a computer based on the ENIAC >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC> technology and the power >> requirements? The original consumed 150KW and weighed about 30 >tons, a >> modern day version would need its own power station and would take >up a >> football stadium > >Ah but you are forgetting as Admiral Hopper liked to point out, the >size >of a nanosecond. A football stadium sized computer could not get out >of >it's own way. > >-- >Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario >[email protected] Just Beyond the Fringe >No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "neonixie-l" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web, visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4edd2832-7130-f917-1bf8- >26e6311f3b94%40zeusprune.ca. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/380-2201714261873897%40all2easy.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
