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From: jeff@gatech.CSNET (Jeff Lee)
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Subject: Re: VERY LARGE main memories
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Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 14:11:55 EDT
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>Then there's GaAs...  So fast you can spend a lot of time converting
>to a different logic family.  I like GaAs.  Expensive, though.

I know absolutely nothing about GaAs except that Seymour is planning
to do his cray-3 in it. What are the speeds and costs of some "typical"
GaAs chips?  What sort of power do they dissipate?  What is the
difficulty in processing GaAs as opposed to silicon?  Also, is anybody
doing anything with InP (Indium Phosphide) yet?
-- 
Jeff Lee
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