Fuzzy logic major news story.

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NJ5 said:

Dodece said:
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Basically the article just addresses the discovery, and presents a number of theories as to what generates the phenomena. However it really is just speculation at this point. Given that the United States government uses the same battery of tests on all their chips its obviously not a problem relegated to chips in general. So the question really is what separates the Cell from all other chips that they have tested.

I wonder if the symmetry of the splinters can add calculation capabilities to the Cell, say enough to add an extra dimension into the mix.

 

Well I highly doubt the cell having whisker growth could have any benefit to the cell processor.  The fact that there is whisker growth will only result in component failures.

 The symmetrical part of the article is directly related to the scientific applications.  Since the formation is always symmetrical (or basically repeatable or reproducable), in a way that a manufacturing process can utilize the filament growth process.