[ExI] simulation

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:17:17AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote:

> And what if we build our own fiber optics to connect the nodes together?

I thought you were talking linking up volunteer's machines via
residential broadband. If it's a local cluster, e.g. Myrinet will
set you back some 1 k$/node. That leaves you with 2 k$/node,
or 2 MBuck/1 kNode. Don't forget that you'd need 200 k$/year
for juice, minus air conditioning and admining (allow for
1 MBuck/year operational costs otherwise).
 
> I wonder why I said we need self-rep, all we need is the ability to make 
> the factories and then let them churn out the cpu nodes. Might take a 

We already have those -- they're called silicon foundries, and
take multiple gigabucks to build and run.

> while for them to make enough nodes, operating at peak efficiency, but 
> at least we'd be on track.

Let's wait for desktop fabs, which will allow you to generate
dedicated hardware for neural emulation while being affordable
(0.1-1 M$). Maybe in another 25-30 years.

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