Dudes in Silicon Valley no longer care about Moore’s Law. And in an attempt to make PCs more efficient, a group of hackers have created a modular motherboard that uses separate modules - and in their endeavor have taking a stride beyond the limits of the experts. Each developed separate module has its own processor, memory and storage, a work of potential genius perhaps to pave the future of our PCs.
Dubbed the Illuninato X Machina, the motherboard is a set cellular model which gains strength with each module addition. The square inch of the prototype has its own CPU, RAM, data storage and serial ports for connectivity, and each square functions as a mini-motherboard collecting power. These cells are equipped enough to make decisions on which transmission and accept and which to reject.
Being very different from the computer components we have stuffed in the systems today, the Illuninato X Machina uses an association of the conventional von Neumann computer, therefore a failure in a single cell here doesn’t affect the operations of the other system, thus making the replacement and fixing much easier. For the make each module on the X Machina has a 72 MHz processor, 16KB SSD and 128KB of storage in an EEPROM chip. With LEDs to display the output and a button for user interaction, system’s modules have for edges and feature software-controlled switches to control the power around.
Developers believe there is still time and a lot to be worked out with respect to the detailing. While they are work on it, you can check out the prototype in the video below.
Programming the Illuminato X Machina from Chris Ladden on Vimeo.
