Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: kevin@maspar.com (Kevin S. Van Horn) Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Re: Drexler's talk at NASA AMES Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 00:44:12 GMT Sender: nanotech@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: MasPar Computer Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 17 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu In article markv@pixar.com (Mark VandeWettering) writes: >I had the distinct pleasure of attending Eric Drexler's talk at NASA >Ames last week... > >The context of his discussion was nanotechnology as applied to parallel >computing. By manufacturing "mechanical" computers, he estimated that >he could obtain a staggering 10^15 MIPS per cm^3 of matter. To back this >up, he had the preliminary results of molecular dynamics calculations. Has this talk, or its equivalent, been written up anywhere? I would be very much interested in seeing the details of his calculations and proposed design. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin S. Van Horn | The means determine the ends. kevin@maspar.com |