Randall R Schulz wrote:
Possible, but it's still not a well-formed idea. Computers are digital devices. They don't really have any continuous properties, other than, perhaps, some issues around failure probabilities (or inter-arrival times) w.r.t. device temperature.
Well, they are presented to the end users like digital devices. But over the time operating frequencies got that high that speed of light matters. You have to take into consideration the time it takes for the impulse to reach the other end of the wire. At 3GHz the light makes only 10cm during one period. In other words, connect a piece of wire 5cm long to the 3GHz sine generator and compare the voltages on both ends. They'll differ by a half-wave... Slow light speed (it's still faster than Terry Pratchett's Discworld light) requires for all those delays in practically any communication in computer. You (well, I mean the circuitry) simply HAVE to wait for the signal to travel from transmitter to receiver. By the way, the real signals are not like square wave too much.... And people still call all THIS digital :-) It's magic to me. Tosuja -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org