6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop? 687
Stuk writes "Research & development company AtomChip have announced a new 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD laptop, which is "coming soon". Apparently it does not use a hard disc, instead it is based on "solid state AtomChip® optoelectronics". A new "non-volatile Quantum-Optical" type of RAM is used. Other features include voice commands, "Num Lock mode, Caps Lock mode, Scroll Lock mode". They're spoiling us." If Nintendogs has taught me anything, it's that voice recognition is awesome and should be used for everything. *cough*. And also to be skeptical of this many buzzwords.
Time and again... (Score:5, Insightful)
I've been waiting for 14 years for the technology to become real, and like nuclear fusion, I suspect I'll be waiting forever...
The sound you just heard... (Score:5, Insightful)
And this, gentlemen, is why I don't pay for a subscription to Slashdot.
Is it April already? (Score:3, Insightful)
A fraud, according to the OSNews community. (Score:5, Insightful)
http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=11784 [osnews.com]
Some people have pointed out some interesting discrepancies in the images and so forth.
Re:The sound you just heard... (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Power (Score:5, Insightful)
"Battery Life: Approximately 8 hours for AtomChip® Quantum® II processor"
OTOH, I suspect that the true power usage for this laptop will be zero.
Seeing as vaporware doesn't actually draw any current.
Very misleading... (Score:5, Insightful)
After reading that portion of the specification, I find it difficult to read the rest of it without laughing openly.
Nice try.
Let me play: I have a 1.4 Ghz Thinkpad, a 2.8 Ghz HP Presario laptop, and a 500 Mhz iBook. Using the logic from the specifications at that site, those three laptops mean that I have a single 4.7 Ghz laptop? If so, please tell me how I can get Tiger to run at that speed on that 500 Mhz iBook!
Re:Is it April First already? (Score:3, Insightful)
hummm (Score:2, Insightful)
And their 2GB device, I mean, 2TB device, that use 5V and 2.5 --> MICRO -- amps to WRITE 6GB per second ? It would take much more just to have the circuit resistance beaten =)
They also claim 2000g operating shock
Re:Yeah right (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:The sound you just heard... (Score:3, Insightful)
Frequent articles, interesting stuff?
Inquiring minds want to know...
Re:A fraud, according to the OSNews community. (Score:4, Insightful)
http://atomchip.com/_wsn/page3.html [atomchip.com]
particularly:
http://atomchip.com/db4/00366/atomchip.com/_uimag
Now, supposing you're a super genius engineer, who has come up with all this clever technology advancement which no one else has been able to think of. Do you:
a) design a nice new physical interface for it?
b) make it 100% physically compatible with devices it is not meant to be plugged into so that it can be easily accidentally damaged?
This site is a pretty thoroughly obvious fake. In fact, you pretty much have to assume that the fakers are intentionally leaving it sufficiently fake to avoid tricking anyone even slightly technologically inclined, and that it is in fact only targetted at trolling news media morons and slashdot editors.
But... (Score:3, Insightful)
Y'know, I've seen Linux run on a washing machine. I've even seen Linux run on a toaster, but I ain't never seen Linux run on no phantom Atomchip laptop.
Look no further! (Score:3, Insightful)
If you trouble yourself to view other posts you will not dozens of idiot geek wanna-bees shocked that slashdot editors did not spot the technical errors of this article. I imagine they are outraged by the obvious political bias of The Onion and Madd Magazine?
Garden Plastic chair, strange pics (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Is it April First already? (Score:3, Insightful)
Definite Photoshop.
Re:Did no one else notice (Score:3, Insightful)
processing ability isn't measured in Hz (the unit of cycles per second), the rate at which a small group of transistors and capacitors will wiggle at is measured in Hz. Since modern CPUs have several clocks, the Hz for a single CPU is just as made up as that for a group of four CPUs.
6.8GHz is as real as 1.7 GHz and just as uninteresting.
When they say "clockless" I might pay attention.
Re:OSNews discussion link. (Score:2, Insightful)