The World's First Petaflop SuperComputer

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jimmysnyder said:
The largest prime is a function of time. Setting the current time to [tex]t_0[/tex], we get [tex]\epsilon(t_0) = 2^{43112609} - 1[/tex], where [tex]\epsilon > 0[/tex] is the largest prime. Now apply A. Einstein's speed limit of 300 km/s to get a upper limit for the current time (which is no longer what the current time was when I began this post), in terms of the current space. We find that for each [tex]\epsilon[/tex], there is a [tex]\delta > 0[/tex] such that [tex]|f(x) - f(y)| < \epsilon[/tex]. (See Introduction to Elementary Quantum Field Theory for Poets, by Gumm, page 486257). Now we use the standard mathematician's subterfuge of allowing zero to approach [tex]\delta[/tex] from behind. This sneak attack will insure that [tex]\delta[/tex] is circumspect while we let [tex]\epsilon \rightarrow 0[/tex]. Thus the largest prime is zero.

Fortunately the adoption of the "one,two,many,lots" counting system allows to simply state that the largest prime has the value "lots" - in fact all primes except "many" have the value "lots"
 
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mgb_phys said:
The switching time is more a question of the capacitance of the junction which fortunately drops with feature size. Even desktop PCs now have <45nm features.

MosFets are more widely used, aren't they? There must be a rough way to characterize delay time with feature size. Something like t = f(RC+t_drift), using lumped values. What to do with power disipation--hold it constant with die area? And is there a lower bound on bias voltage for mosfets? It hadn't occurred to me to ask if there were a lower limit on flipping channel. Deposition thinkness would effect both R and C. Has it remained fairly constant as of late?
 
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