One might think that the complex microchips that govern modern computers behave in a precise, predetermined way. For the members of the ALCHEMY research group at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), they behave in a chaotic, unpredictable way, comparable the weather. Modern microprocessor architectures rely on impressive numbers of transistors: a commonly used Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor has 42 million transistors, while the more modern Itanium 2 has no fewer than 410 million. These units interact through intricate rules and 'their performance can be highly variable and difficult to predict', says Hugues Berry, member of the research team. According to the conclusions of the study, only chaos theory can explain this unpredictable behaviour. In their research, the three members of the team analysed modern microprocessor performances by separately running the same standard programs many times on a simulator of the kind commonly used by engineers to design and test microprocessors. They measured the time needed by the processor to perform the task and found that the time it took to execute the programs varied widely between different trials. The ALCHEMY team noted that the performance of these microprocessors during the execution of certain programs displayed complex non-repetitive variations that challenge traditional analysis, but that have been successfully described using what is known as 'deterministic chaos' analysis.
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I rather got the impression that the Anomalys are caused by not taking all facts in to consideration, and the inability to anticipate changing parameters within a pre selected time frame of the Micro Atomic Environment. The changing technologys in computation will be come more erratic the faster and larger the information being handled, and the interaction with the material used in inter acting with it's ambient environment.