In the year 9000, will there be a computer with processor speed reaching 90 trillion Thz (Terahertz)?

Question

Will humans still exist in the year 9000?

Answer 1

Interesting hypothesis. To complete something that runs that fast, and assuming nano-technology, then I would estimate that 7k years from now, computers will be embedded in everything and humans will exist with longer lives due to nanotech. Also, assuming the population of the earth to be 4 billion now with at least 100k births a day, and at a rate of 75k people dying a week, then we can assume that man has either made it to the stars, or has been wiped out by some cataclysm.

Answer 2

No. The problem is the limit of the speed of light. At 3GHZ, light only travels like 10cm in 1 clock cycle. It is not really a problem with transistors per se, it is a problem with feeding and supplying the processor, and getting information back in forth. The reason why chips are going mutli core and 64 bit now is because we are reaching the end of the line with clock speeds, so we can make more cores and more registers to process more data. You can send 100 tons of material across the united states if you had a person running back and forth with 10 lbs at a time with it at the speed of light, or you can send it just as quickly by sending 10 trucks across. Which is easier.

Answer 3

In the year 9000, computers will probably be replaced with artificial intelligence. Humans will exist in 9000, but most will be missing their pinky fingers through evolution. It will devastate the pinky ring industry.

Answer 4

Nope,
There is a maximum number of micrprocessors that can fit on a chip. Althought they have gotten better at making them small(er), it will eventually max out probably at about 5-6 GHz. Besides, there would have to be an extremely powerful cooling fan on the unit. microprocessors produce an exponentially high amount of heat compared to its size.

no one knows when man will become extint.....