Ah, great, I wanted something like the reference to Bremermann, thanks. The Wiki item cites no references (!) but the discussion page does. The item http://www.gwu.edu/~umpleby/recent_papers/2004_physical_relationships_among_matter_energy_information_umpleby.htm looks just like what I want, but surely a physicist has written something along these lines?? Peter
On 3/14/07, Richard Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joe Landman wrote: > Peter St. John wrote: >> >> So maybe the ceiling will be (Deliverable FLOPS times Recoverable >> Bytes)/ml > I rather like the Strossian MIPS per kilogram ... :) I am partial to the Bremermann limit: Hans Bremermann's conjecture that "no data processing system, whether artificial or living, can process more than 2 × 10^47 bits per second per gram of its mass." How many Moore doublings until we reach it ... Robert ... ?? rbw -- Richard B. Walsh Project Manager Network Computing Services, Inc. Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 612.337.3467 > > "The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one > perceived. The subject and object are but one." > > Erwin Schroedinger ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) may contain proprietary or privileged information, the use and disclosure of which is legally restricted. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender by reply message, do not otherwise distribute it, and delete this message, with all of its contents, from your files. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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