Reply To: No-go for cheap fusion?

[Brian H]

You might like to get your hands on this new linear equation algorithm presentation: http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-barrier-important-class-linear.html

It looks like just about any SDD-based operation is about to become exponentially faster:

The algorithm, which applies to an important class of problems known as symmetric diagonally dominant (SDD) systems, is so efficient that it may soon be possible for a desktop workstation to solve systems with a billion variables in just a few seconds.

I wouldn’t be at all surrounded if this has major implications for the Plasmoid simulation requirements, too. And once the engineering phases start in earnest, it could multiply speed of progress significantly!