Comment on Ask HN: Interesting recent developments in academic computer science.Comments−jaydub17yI'm a part of the XMT project @ UMD http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~vishkin/XMT/index.shtmlAdmittedly, the concepts involved are dated since PRAM theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Random_Access_Machine) dates to the 70's. However, this project marks the first successful commitment of PRAM theory to silicon
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I'm a part of the XMT project @ UMD http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~vishkin/XMT/index.shtml
Admittedly, the concepts involved are dated since PRAM theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Random_Access_Machine) dates to the 70's. However, this project marks the first successful commitment of PRAM theory to silicon