Talk:Hybrid computer

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1. What does the above mean?

2. I believe the statement, "An example of a hybrid computer is the computer used in hospitals to measure the heart beat of the patient." to be false. A hybrid computer is NOT simply a digital computer with an analog-to-digital converter at the front. I don't know of any hybrid computers in use in hospitals today; digital computers are sufficiently fast and precise for all normal purposes. ⇒ _normxxx| ^talk ⇒ email

Hybrid computers are used to obtain a very accurate but imprecise 'seed' value

"Very accurate" and "imprecise" seem contradictory. Could this be better worded?

⇒⇒Sorry; but accuracy and precision have very definite meanings in engineering. Check out t6he (added) definitions.

Hybrid vs. Super

How do computer speeds compare between

Editors of both the supercomputer article and the hybrid computer article claim high speed, when perhaps there should be more emphasis in relative advantages. In what areas is a particular kind of computer better suited than the general purpose computer familiar to most users? For example, nuclear submarines use analog computers because of the threat of radiation messing up digital controls. When things go chaotic, they not want to lose the controls as well. User:AlMac|^(talk) 09:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hybrid digital-analog computers are a path of computing that ceased to be relevant decades ago. At that time, their "high speed" was a relevant comparison, but putting that "high speed" in a sentence written in the present tense makes it sound as if this is still the case; it is not. The discussion of neural nets, organic computing techniques or Lyric Semiconductor's recently-unveiled "probability processor" are related to analog computing, and therefore hybrid computing, but I don't think you can discuss hybrid computers accurately unless it's very clear that this is a historical topic and not a current topic. The last "current" reference to hybrid computing as it was used on a systems-wide basis was a speculative article in my 1968 copy of Encyclopedia Britannica. If most of the verbiage was changed to past tense, that would go a long way to making this article accurate.209.254.9.194 (talk) 14:04, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably, the analog controls are all electrical and/or hydraulic (i.e., no electronics)? ⇒ _normxxx| ^talk ⇒ email 01:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just off the top of my head, I would say that the supercomputer (for most calculations) is around the same order of magnitude of speed as a hybrid computer (hence their use in weather calculations). However, SCs are several orders of magnitude more expensive to build than equivalent HCs. But the improved versatility and calculation precision control of SCs are probably why they would be preferred (although ignorance of HCs cannot be ruled out).

As far as I know, it is not practical (especially costwise) to build a SC into an Engineeering workstation (you'd probably need another room just for the cooling equipment); however, there is no constraint in constructing a special purpose hybrid computer Engineeering workstation, although I do not know of any particular instances.

Compared with SCs and HCs, the ordinary (digital) computer Engineeering workstation is as slow as molasses. ⇒ _normxxx| ^talk ⇒ email 01:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Precisions

To feel encyclopedia in motion, I'd like some details as - when was the concept designed - how old is the polish pic - what manufacturers were (are ?) ; and maybe some more backlinks - as interesting pages link to this one. Thank you. -- DLL ^{.. T} 20:03, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]