Potential (Score 1)

These chips seem to complement existing hardware perfectly. They are slower when it comes to running a multiple of tasks they are unadapted to, but gain incredible speed when they have time to perfect a means of computing it (and i would assume similar tasks could be evolved quickly), while convential processors can fill in where they would fail. Doesnt it make perfect sense to use existing processors in combination with these, letting the old do the drudgry of office work, and the new the hardcore applications of rendering and database crunching (where the time it takes to optimize is more than made up). They could work like 3d accelerator cards. Moreover, their adaptations can be stored and researched for the next time they come into use. (ie, remembering an optimal rendering configuration to apply to another situation). Someone must have already thought of this.. who knows about this stuff? -wisdom is simply the ability to accurately guage stupidity