>> [Presumably the only way it could be even remotely possible is if all
>> the RAM was on the same die as the CPU. Damn, the die area would have to
>> be *vast*! I hypothesize it would also eat electricity like candy, and
>> perhaps get slightly warm too...]
> 
> Better yet, move the CPU(s) over to RAM. That's how neural nets work anyway
> (including the brain).

I've had the self-same thought myself - several times. The problem, I 
suspect, would be moving data around fast enough...

(A wise man once said "a super-computer is a device for turning a 
compute-bound problem into an I/O-bound problem".)

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