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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: Computer time measurements (Was Re: 64 bits for times....)
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In article <7945@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>, eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:

>VLSI was a perfection of linear measurement: micron space realm.  Unless
>similar improvements take place in time, you don't get faster machines.
>Fortunately people at places like the NBS realize this and they make
>things like atomic clocks.  If you are not interested in faster
>machines, just ignore this posting.

Are you saying future Supercomputers (and thereby, in 5-7 years, workstations)
will have cesium-clocks? ;-)