Beyond today's supercomputers
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Future predictions for the development of supercomputers indicate that supercomputer machines may involve large international multi-gigabit-per-second optical-fiber networks rather than single multiuser machines. Alternatively, the supercomputer might be developed into an even smaller desktop model. The speeds of contemporary supercomputers are so fast that researchers need to shrink the component sizes if they plan to develop faster processing devices. Memories must simultaneously grow smaller and denser with an ultimate goal of the terabit memory. Researchers are exploring ways to make masks with nanometer-scale patterns that offer sharp-edged images. This is in response to the deviations in the edges of the masks on the scale of an electron's wavelength. Wire-based communications must be substituted entirely with optical technologies. A universal computational model for parallel processing must also be established.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1992
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The HDTV test kitchens
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The Advanced Television Test Center Inc., Alexandria, VA, is conducting extensive tests on the Grand Alliance's prototype hardware to ascertain if it satisfies the proposed national standard for high-definition television terrestrial broadcasting. Results of these tests will be assessed by the Federal Communication Commission's Advisory Committee prior to final certification for initiating digital broadcasting operations.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1995
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