The First Plastic Computer Processortechnologyreview.com 15 pointsBlazingFrog15 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−muyuu15y"It's flexible and cheap"I don't know how cheap can this be considering there are processors 1E+10 times as powerful selling for <5 US$.−burgerbrain15yFrom the image caption: "It is puny compared to most silicon processors"(The image appears to be an 8-bit ALU, larger than a man's thumb)I'm not sure they're using the word "puny" correctly...−algolicious15yhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny "slight or inferior in power, size, or importance"In this case, they meant power, as in computational power.
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"It's flexible and cheap"
I don't know how cheap can this be considering there are processors 1E+10 times as powerful selling for <5 US$.
From the image caption: "It is puny compared to most silicon processors"
(The image appears to be an 8-bit ALU, larger than a man's thumb)
I'm not sure they're using the word "puny" correctly...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny "slight or inferior in power, size, or importance"
In this case, they meant power, as in computational power.