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swores on Oct 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: HP plans to release first memristor, alternative t...

It's an estimate not an exact length of time. 18 months takes us to April 2013, so maybe they rounded April into "summer" or maybe they rounded 20 months to the nearest .5 of a year. Or maybe they class April as summer anyway.

It's not like those two times are way different.

Nicknameless on Oct 9, 2011 [–]

Well summer is December to February, so April is a fair way off...

Perhaps they could do away with the stupid idea altogether and say 2nd quarter 2013 if they can't be more specific.

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