phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] A must read...

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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:10:41 +0100
From: Krisztián Pintér <pinterkr@...il.com>
To: Marsh Ray <maray@...rosoft.com>
CC: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] A must read...

Marsh Ray (at Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 9:27:40 PM):

> Looks like 500 MiB DDR3 is currently $4.22 retail. This doesn't
> sound cost-prohibitive

please note that the proposed hypothetical machine consists of 2^32
units. if you want to add $4 memory to all of them, we are talking
about 16bn dollars + a new power plant. granted, you work for MS, so
you can imagine that :) but not many others can.