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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64-bits, How many years?
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.202512.13150@kithrup.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 91 20:25:12 GMT
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In article <1991Feb18.163010.31688@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes:
>Also, I bet a 64-bit address space will take a fusion reactor
>power plant to supply enough energy.....

You seem to be assuming that silicon (or even GaAs) will be used.  Using
protein-based "memory" takes a lot less power (none, actually) to maintain.

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