Probability Drive?

If only Douglas Adams were alive to hear about this. Although if you were to buy into the probalistic reality he represented, you might believe he is perfectly aware of this development.

Rice professor works to revolutionize computer chips | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Al Barr, a computer scientist at the California Institute of Technology, said he and a number of experts are now eager to pursue applications of probabilistic computing in areas such as computer-generated graphics. “Initially there was definitely a lot of skepticism,” he admitted."