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Roland Perry · March 1st 17, 07:34 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 10:58:38
on Tue, 28 Feb 2017, remarked:
No, because it has zero credit on it.

Oyster cards do have credit on them and will continue to have in 2018.
It's just, AIUI, where the information as to the amount of credit is held
that will change, from the card itself to the back office system.

With a consequent slowdown at the gates. Just what's needed in a busy
system. Contactless are already slower than Oyster, this won't improve
gate throughput at all.

Don't assume the gate processing won't get faster. Haven't you heard of
Moore's Law?

Currently chips have transistors about 50 atoms across. Get much
smaller, and quantum effects start to kick in. And heat dissipation
is a huge issue. Moore's Law is slowing down.
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Roland Perry