Those white dwarf stars that find themselves near a "companion" star can draw material from their neighbour, building up to a critical mass and eventually sparking nuclear fusion again in a nova.
"The solutions developed by Supermicro and Fusion-io bring both performance and reliability to NAND Flash, giving Supermicro customers a mission-critical advantage over their competitors, " said Jim Dawson, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Fusion-io.
Fourth, pursuing fusion will be a clarion call to bright young American minds to enter the critical fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.