NRI techie invents aspirin-sized server

The Times of India ^ | MARCH 20, 2002 | PTI

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WASHINGTON: A young non-resident Indian has invented an low cost, aspirin-sized server which would allow devices to be Internet-enabled on a mass scale, media reports said here.

Young Hariharasubrahmaniam "Shri" Srikumar was working on his PhD when he thought of breaking a world record by creating the smallest computer server. Later Ipsil, a Greater Washington area company, was etablished to put the tiny server to work, the Washington Post reports.

Set up by Velu Sinha a longtime friend of Shrikumar's, and Jim Kopetsky, Ipsil began filing for patents and creating a prototype of the server to work with a variety of products.

"What I stumbled upon," says Srikumar "is a way by which you can shrink network computers by a factor of a thousand".

"We came up to a single chip design that would work to make all types of devices Internet-enabled," Sinha explained.

Sinha said Ipsil is targeting companies that will use the servers to remotely monitor products for needed adjustments or potential glitches. For example, the device could be attched to different parts of a car engine, so that if a problem is detected, the service station and owner would be notified and could prevent a breakdown.

The servers can run on existing wires or transmit data through wireless networks, so no direct Internet connection is needed, Sinha said.

Srikumar's design also dramatically reduced the cost of servers, making a mass application of them more feasible. The chips cost about five dollars each but Ipsil executives predict the price will eventually fall to less than a dollar.

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NRI = Non-Resident Indian

[aculeus]

Ping for a neat first name: Hariharasubrahmaniam.

[dighton]

Apu Whateverthehellhisnameis.

[opbuzz]

Is this the same guy from MIT about a year ago? He ran a web site from a server the size of a quarter.

[Oschisms]

Thats Nahssapenapetalon to you, buddy.

[Redcloak]

NRI = "We have such an inferiority complex that we'll latch onto the achievements of those who fled our miserable country to make ourselves feel better."

[dighton]

Thats Nahssapenapetalon to you, buddy.

Using honorific Shri to you, valued Pakistani agent customer.

[July 4th]

Hariharasubrahmaniam

I knew I guy a few years ago who I think had this first name. If not, it was very close. We just called him Hari. Much easier.

That said, the last I need Hari doing is making my kitchen utensils Internet-enabled.

[Madiuq]

The jealousy and racism rampant on this thread is stifling. But I guess this is what happens when losers are confronted with a genius with brown skin.

[Madiuq]

The jealousy and racism rampant on this thread is stifling. But I guess this is what happens when losers are confronted with a genius with brown skin.

[dighton]

The jealousy and racism rampant on this thread is stifling. But I guess this is what happens when losers are confronted with a genius with brown skin.

Nonsense. I've spent some time in India, remember it fondly, and wish the best for the country and its people. We're having a little fun here.

My first flight there was on AI's Emperor Vikramaditya.

[koba]

Yeah...there may be something in that. I was always amazed at how Indians succeed so easily in this country but these same people could barely make a living back home. My parents tell me that they had to scrape to buy me milk, yet in America we have a $3 million net worth (so far). Asain-Indians are economically the top ethnic group in this country, yet in India most of these people could barely survive. Is India lousy or the U.S. great? Is the bottle half-empty or half-full? It's so easy to succeed here, it is so hard to "make it"in India...

[Madiuq]

You, koba, as it has been proven on countless threads past, are nothing but a Muslim a-hole masquerading as an Indian. By the way, on other threads, this was proven - "Koba" is an Islamic holy city.

[Madiuq]

PROOF THAT KOBA IS AN ISLAMIC HOLY CITY

[Oschisms]

Myself, I was correcting the name of a Simpsons character. Still probably misspelled it, but this character is portrayed as positively as the Simpson family is.

[koba]

Madiuq...let us assume what you write is true. Let us also assume that India is a land filled with economic opportunity. Since you love India so much and it is a land filled with economic opportunity, why don't you leave the U.S. and go back there?

[Madiuq]

I am an American, and was born in New York, but I appreciate and love what India stands and strives for, which, in my opinion, is directly in line with the highest ideals of the United States.

The United States is my home, and I love it and would fight for it. And I believe positive, strong relations with the only other true constitutional republic, an English speaking, democratic, secular, racially and religiously diverse, common law based, and progressive country that is India, can only be beneficial for both the U.S. and India.

Why don't you go back to one of the 25-odd Islamic nations?

[dighton]

FWIW, Koba was also a nickname for Stalin.

[Redcloak]

If one runs a company in India, are they allowed to operate with little or no interference from bureaucrats? Or is there always a hand appearing looking for what the Mexicans call La Mordita; the little bite? Countries with vibrant economies have governments that respect the rule of law. Those that falter often have corrupt governments who's minions bleed the economy dry looking for bribes. Mexico is a prime example. They have conditions that, on the surface, are very similar to those north of the border: Almost as large a homogeneous population, almost identical natural resources, a similar length of time independent from Europe, etc.. But their economy is hamstrung by a corrupt government and has been for decades. If Indian businesses are, like Mexican businesses, constantly having to pay off officials, then that would explain the nation's economic situation.