Eric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit - Ars Technica

[k.a.c...@sympatico.ca]

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/eric-schmidt-apparently-bought-relativity-space-to-put-data-centers-in-orbit/

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Sat, May 03, 2025 at 01:32:55PM -0400, k.a.c...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/eric-schmidt-apparently-bought-relativ
> ity-space-to-put-data-centers-in-orbit/

Amusing - this is the third link sent to me about to the
same vague article. Will this be a "giant hot box pushing
coolant through huge-area heat radiators" design, or a
zillion small compute foils passively radiating to space,
and exchanging bits with photons, not wires?

The latter is http://server-sky.com/ServerSky, which I've
been writing about for 16 years ...

... Except that I am working a better configuration, which
will keep the compute chips colder for higher reliability,
reduced circuit noise, and better power distribution.

I won't yet share the power distribution method publicly;
it will reduce the chip area and power supply cost of ALL
high power CPUs.

After that patent is filed, I will share the idea with
colleagues at Intel, and after Intel is comfortable with
an intriguing quid pro quo, the license terms, and a
public announcement, the list will be second to know.

Perhaps it is unfortunate that a very profitable idea
occurred to me at age 72; on the other hand, my MD wife
has kept her father healthy and alive to age 106 so far,
so I may outlive the term of the patent.

And more importantly, live to see a terawatt of efficient
computing in space.

Keith L.

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Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com