9 Aug
2012
9 Aug
'12
10:19 p.m.
For "hands on" experiences, that ultimately
means that every exhibit
will degrade into some sort of replica.
Yes, I suppose. The pre-WW2 airplane people are headed this way
already. Look up "Rhinebeck Aerodrome".
Well, at least until the singularity let's us
reverse engineer circuit
diagrams from chips. The imaging of 6502 and SID chips yielding an
executable simulation of the chip is probably the route that we'll
have to take. We'll end up with an executable simulation, but still
be lacking in design documents.
Keep in mind that the design tools that can be used to reverse
engineer VLSI chips will also continue to improve. These days, taking
a first generation logic IC and *completely* reverse engineering it is
completely feasible even with outdated tools. What will it be like in
2042? Fancy SGI VLSI may turn out to be child's play.
So yes, I tend to be an optimist here.
--
Will