6.8 GHz laptop, 1 TB RAM

[VJ]

I saw this anouncement:

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/atom-chip/index.php#atom-chips-quantumoptical-computing-123965

The leaves aren’t even turning and it’s already time to start talking about what we’re going to see at this year’s gadget gonzo-fest, CES 2006. First up is the crazy quick-sounding 6.8Ghz laptop by Atom Chip Corporation. With a solid-state drive replacing the traditional hard disk, it should be able to blow other competitors away—but nobody can really tell without proper benchmarking.

Here are the full specs:

http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page4.html

Processor: 6.8GHZ CPU (AtomChip® Quantum® II processor or 4 x Intel® Pentium® M processors 1.7CHz)
Memory: 1TB Quantum-Optical non-volatile RAM (NvIOpSRAM-SODIMM 200-pin)
Storage: 2TB non-volatile Quantum RAM (NvIOpRAM-ATA IDE)

Where did this suddenly come from?


Jörg

[UtwigMU]

You will power it with recyclable mini plutonium reactor power modules

[VJ]

Well, they claim 8 hours autonomy .


On this link:

http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page5.html

they show what they'll exhibit at CES2006

1TB non-volatile Quantum-Optical Synchronous RAM: expected selling price $6000
1TB super storage ATA-IDE: expected selling price $2500
2TB super storage ATA-IDE: expected selling price $5000

Dunno about you, but I would have quessed the ATA stuff to be more expensive...
This could actually become affordable in relatively short time.

Jörg

[Umfriend]

I wonder why anyone would attach solid-state drives with an ATA interface. Isn't that way to slow?

[VJ]

Was my first thought too... But the specs show:

Specifications (ATA IDE) : 1) DC Input Voltage: 5.0V ±10% ; 2) Standby : <0.5µA ; 3) Read : 1.5 µA ; 4) Write: 2.5 µA ; 5) Reading time : 60 ns ; 6) Update time : 120 ns ; 7) Temperature Operating : -50+125 C ; 8) Humidity Operating : 5 - 95% ; 9) Shock Operating [max] : 2,000G .

reading in 60ns ?


Jörg

[Umfriend]

Yes, that should be about right for solid-state AFAIK (at least 1 inch), it's not latency, it's bandwidth I'd be concerned about. Not on the drive, but the interface which maxxes out at, what, 66mb/s, 150mb/s?

[borat]

this looks well dodgy to me. Coming up with this out of the blue, it not only blows current hard drives and processors out of the water, but its tiny too. Something does not add up here, either that or they have just made the most revolutinary product of a decade. Im betting the first is correct.

[Umfriend]

Well, if I read it corretly, the HD is solid-state, and for that type the specs don;t seem outrageous to me.

[Fluff]

It's bull shit.

http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page3.html

Nice technology you have going there boys.

[ZokesPro]

If it's too good to be true it's because it's not true.

Notice that some of the pics on the site are blurry? If I was to present a revolutionary laptop, I'd put more work into my website and especially more work into taking better quality pictures. It cost millions to produce chips and yet they can't seem to afford a better cam for the pics on their website let alone the site itself. It's fake and everything about their website supports that fact.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Can't tell if this is a joke, or a scam that is trying to get moronic investors to give 'em cash?

[Dilitante1]

it is bogus............should slide over to /. and read the comments there

[Elie]

yeah I figured so as soon as I read about their optical 6.5Ghz chip LOL, If that was the case, Intel and AMD would go apeshit over it.

[Elie]

Can't tell if this is a joke, or a scam that is trying to get moronic investors to give 'em cash?

Hey this reminds my of the gool ole' Bit Boys...OY!!! they always had revolutionay video technology on paper that they were going to release eventually but never did LOL!!!

OY!

[Lucid]

Well Bitboys were unable to bring their tech to mass production, but c'mon.. They are not hoaxers.