NRI techie invents aspirin-sized server

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

[Madiuq]

"Koba was also a nickname for Stalin."

Interesting find. Thanks for the information. So now I think I dislike Koba twice as much.

[Madiuq]

IMHO, India is rapidly liberalizing their economy and opening up their markets, particularly in the tech sector. India could have opted for a Communist short-cut, as the Chinese did, but instead opted for the harder route, democracy.

Democracy is slower and more chaotic than Communism, but I believe strongly that it is a nobler route than totalitarian and oppressive rule over one's people, coupled with murder and imprisonment if you question governmental policies (as in China).

[koba]

One reason (among many) is that I am not a Muslim. Before you write about India, you had better know what you're writing about. Have you ever lived in India for a period of at least a year or more? If you haven't, how can you write about it? By reading your posts, I can tell you really don't know much about India but you think you do. Well...I've lived in India, buddy...I know what goes on there. Half my family is still there, and most of them want to get out. Just why do you think millions of people want to get out of India? Have you been to the U.S. embassy in Madras at 6:00 A.M. and seen the lines of people who want to live your "crown jewel of Asia"? I have.

India is better than Pakistan or China and certainly does have a great educational system. I should know, as half my family incluiding my father graduated from the I.I.T.s. It's also a potentially good place to retire, if you have the right connections. Other than than things in India look pretty grim. I was there last March so I know what I am writing about. 80,000 people visit FR. and if you don't know what you're writing about one of them will jump on you and flame your a--. So, be careful and think twice before you post.

[dighton]

So now I think I dislike Koba twice as much.

Not my motive in mentioning it -- just info for the sake of info. Koba/Stalin isn't common knowledge (except in Russia), and I'd guess that FReeper koba was unaware of it.

[Madiuq]

Uh, don't look now, but it appears that I am heavily flaming your butt on this thread.

[koba]

You're right, of course, "koba" was the first alias of Joseph Djugashvili, who was later known as "Stalin". When I had to give a handle, I choose "koba" based on a hero of pulp fiction novels that I had read , I wasn't thinking about "Uncle Joe" when I chose the handle.

There are 50,000 entries in the internet for the word "koba". It descrbies an Islamic city, an amplifier company, a maker of pottery, etc.

I was originally going to use the handle "Hannibal". but I didn't because I thought many visitors to FR would confuse my handle with the guy from "Silence of the Lambs" with the objectional dietary habits instead of the Carthiginian general. Oh well...

[koba]

Corruption is one major problem in India, like it is in Mexico. Another is a devalued currency. The list of problems in India are enourmous, and that is one reason why the brightest Indians try to leave.

[Madiuq]

"The list of problems in India are enourmous"

I think they got rid of one of the biggest problems when you left.

[koba]

Uh...not quite. What you are doing is showing the entire FR world that you write about India without knowing much about it. You're a joke, Madiuq. Now go and post some article about India and let's get it pulled from FR fairly quickly. If you actually went to India with your statements that it is some kind of "crown jewel" people would laugh in your face. Try it...

[koba]

You're right...India gets rid of many of its "problems"...like 35% of its IIT graduating classes, thousands of its doctors and scientists, etc.

[budman_2001]

The chip in the picture above is a complete web-server. It is about the size of a mere match-head.

The single chip computer in the above picture runs the iPic web-server, the world's tiniest implementation of a TCP/IP stack and a HTTP web-server. The chip above is a complete micro-computer, and it includes all components of a complete computer on a single tiny micro-chip (this includes the CPU (central processing unit), memory, serial port interface circuitry, and clock oscillator).

The chip is connected directly to an Internet router, which is essentially the same as an Internet connection from an ISP. When you visit the iPic Web-server, by clicking on this demonstration link, (or this mirror), your web-browser connects to the chip shown in these photographs and the web-pages you see are sent to your web-browser directly from the tiny chip.

[Libertarian_4_eva]

The server is down. I guess Freepers crashed it. Considering its on a college we know the connection is good enough to support a link here. The real question is how well does the cpu work under real world stresses? This server with a few more key advancements could make the internet a lot more of a fun place. :)

[budman_2001]

Its been down a l-o-n-g time I think. I'm baffled how this thread even began now.

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All the web-pages you can access from this on-line iPic demonstration link are served directly from the iPic match-head web-server. This includes all the text and HTML file, pictures, java applets and midi files.

The iPic demo server is connected by a serial link, which is currently experiencing a load upto its full design capacity.

Note: 1 Sep 1999: The iPic web-server is currently off-line, it will be back shortly. Meantime, please visit the mirror site below.

During the times when the iPic server is inaccesible, please try this mirror link, the file contents in the mirror are identical to that on the iPic chip. (The mirror is on a regular web-server).

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Please bookmark or pass-on the URL shown below

http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic.html
in preference to the link to the PIC (in "demo" above), or any of the links from the PIC chip itself. The little PIC chip has been temporarily installed at its current location, and is likely to be moved around sometime.

The URL given in the cnn.com story is incorrect. That link should be corrected as below.

http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic.html

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Thank you for visiting!

[mercy]

Thanks for the fine info. Almost missed it with all that dick measuring going on in this thread. I know one thing. This guy with the unpronouncable name is going to be as rich as Bill gates if he has any business acumen at all.

[reg45]

This guy with the unpronouncable name is going to be as rich as Bill gates if he has any business acumen at all.

Maybe richer! After all he really invented something. Unlike Wm. Gates III who "borrowed" every piece of technology he sells.

[budman_2001]

Stanford's Matchbox Server is up and running.

[jennyp]

I know one thing. This guy with the unpronouncable name is going to be as rich as Bill gates if he has any business acumen at all.

Well, apparently what he did was write a really small program for a standard PIC microcontroller that implements a minimally acceptable TCP/IP stack, webserver & telnet. So he wrote a gem of a concise program, but it was all software. It's not like he designed a chip or something.

I hope there was enough space left over on the PIC for his copyright statement! :-)

[Orual]

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

For my next project, I'm going to work on shrinking my name.

[sneakypete]

I was always amazed at how Indians succeed so easily in this country but these same people could barely make a living back home.

The answer to that is socialism and a caste system,which creates a double layer of bureaucracy designed to "keep people in their place."

[aculeus]

Thanks for the real info!