Comments on: First BitTorrent-Optimized Microprocessor

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:17:43 +0000

This seems like a good idea. I am interested in seeing what consumer devices turn out with this chip embedded with it, and how they will be usefull to me. A good thing to look out for in the future.

By: BaRT

BaRT — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:42:42 +0000

I think this is a great idea.

If someone did make a NAS server with this chip integrated it would safe a lot of electricity, and the PC will have no harm while the NAS server is downloading all your favourite torrents while you sleep or are at work.

By: Amperage

Amperage — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:41:29 +0000

Well you can bet that they are not in it to lose money. Were this is a way there is a hacker waiting to hack his or her way through it.

By: nebula

nebula — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:26:41 +0000

This is going to be used for pay-per-download torrents.
I don’t really see this model of business working though, because if I pay for something then I shouldn’t be forced to use my b/w to seed the file so that they can make more money by selling the movie to other users.

By: Coco

Coco — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:21:52 +0000

…and this is a giant leap towards locked regulated bittorent content maybe?

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Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:24:44 +0000

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By: idiots

idiots — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:11:40 +0000

Lol to the smartasses that think this chip has no use because their CPU is so powerful already. You fail to realize that this chip also can be integrated into a lot of equipment that has little or no processing power at all, like all the stuff already mentioned in the article. Bittorrent has plenty of use outside a PC too.

By: Amperage

Amperage — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:35:33 +0000

Well, Brian Cohen who developed bittorent had made a deal with the movie industry to use his program. As business go, they’ll develope what ever they can to sell. If there a need create it. If there is no need then create develope a need for it through advertisements. It’s the way of the world….. I owe, I owe it’s off to work go…

By: kereoplxop

kereoplxop — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:04:18 +0000

I cant see a use for this. Bittorrent isnt very computational heavy and could easily be programmed into whatever kind of ROM memory you wished with existing technology.

By: smartguy

smartguy — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:26:46 +0000

Great. This will lift some burden from the CPU, such as parsing super-heavy-complex .torrent-files! Yeah.

I’m already waiting for a chip that parses .sfv-files (not calculates the checksum, just parses the file). This is another really CPU-intensive task. Takes several clock cycles, and we only have a few billion on PC’s (and hundred million on embedded devices) per second.

Nice priority. I’m sure some idiot businessman who only speaks in BS business buzzword terms will find this useful. For the rest of the world? “Nothing to see here, move along”.

By: Amperage

Amperage — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:20:56 +0000

NO it makes sense. As now the BIG BOYS (film industry) now has a stake in bittorent for download it makes sense. Now you can download anything so long as there is an internet connection and the chip. Cell phone, PDA, portable DVD players… what ever you can think up and make a profit you will see the chip in the device.

By: Throumb the Magnificawesomebest

Throumb the Magnificawesomebest — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:04:00 +0000

“since the old days of watching dvds in our pcs”
geez guys its been 5 years relax

By: Flame

Flame — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:00:21 +0000

what’s bittorrent?

By: overto

overto — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:39:52 +0000

Waste of time, like limeys, arrogant and cowardly.

By: xfroggy

xfroggy — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:32:49 +0000

whats wrong with running bittorrent on pc?