Guy builds e**rmous computer, uses it to play Tetris
 

Guy builds e**rmous computer, uses it to play Tetris
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If you need a computer, you could go to a store and buy one from anywhere between $500 and $3,000. Or you could spend around $53,000 in parts and invest a couple of years into building a gigantic, 1,100 pound, monster-computer that can only perform relatively simple tasks.*

Your call, totally.

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A fellow named James Newman from Cambridge, UK, started building the "Megaprocessor," in 2012, the BBC reported Wednesday. The process is documented on Newman's website; in a nutshell, the idea was **t to build any sort of powerful supercomputer, but to fully grasp how a computer works by building it with **rmal-sized transistors, instead of the extremely tiny ones seen in today's modern microprocessors. Read more...


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