Personal computing discussed
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jihadjoe wrote:I strongly disagree with the 50-100% more IPC on the CPU side.
2-4 years is just one or two product cycles, and the pace of new hardware is definitely slowing down especially as manufacturers are starting to run into the physical limits of silicone.
smilingcrow wrote:jihadjoe wrote:I strongly disagree with the 50-100% more IPC on the CPU side.
2-4 years is just one or two product cycles, and the pace of new hardware is definitely slowing down especially as manufacturers are starting to run into the physical limits of silicone.
50% may be possible over 4 years if Intel release a new platform every 12 months as a 10% gain per update compounded gets close to 50%.
But that’s a best case scenario and 100% is pie in the sky.
just brew it! wrote:This is a HUGE pet peeve of mine too. My little sister keeps insisting she wants to get silicon breast implants. I keep telling her they'll be hard and fake-looking, but she doesn't believe me ...Oh, and pet peeve (@jihadjoe)... it's "silicon" not "silicone". Silicon (element #14 in the periodic table) is the stuff computer chips are made of; silicone (a rubbery compound consisting of of silicon, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen) is the stuff of bathtub caulk and fake boobs.
Waco wrote:Hybrid memory cube.
Starfalcon wrote:Yeah sounds like the holographic memory that they have been talking about for years. I remember hearing about it years ago and IBM had thrown huge piles of money at it and had some prototypes. Chances are 10+ years later and still nothing, it probably has a lot of serious issues they haven't been able to overcome. Same with OLEDs, they have been talking about those for years, but only recently have they been able to come out with them with a lifespan measured in more than a few days before failing.
Star Brood wrote:$40 + Free shipping.Maybe I should invest in a gaming controller designed for PC.
auxy wrote:just brew it! wrote:Oh, and pet peeve (@jihadjoe)... it's "silicon" not "silicone". Silicon (element #14 in the periodic table) is the stuff computer chips are made of; silicone (a rubbery compound consisting of of silicon, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen) is the stuff of bathtub caulk and fake boobs.
This is a HUGE pet peeve of mine too. My little sister keeps insisting she wants to get silicon breast implants. I keep telling her they'll be hard and fake-looking, but she doesn't believe me ...
Starfalcon wrote:Waco wrote:Hybrid memory cube.
Yeah sounds like the holographic memory that they have been talking about for years. I remember hearing about it years ago and IBM had thrown huge piles of money at it and had some prototypes. Chances are 10+ years later and still nothing, it probably has a lot of serious issues they haven't been able to overcome. Same with OLEDs, they have been talking about those for years, but only recently have they been able to come out with them with a lifespan measured in more than a few days before failing.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Star Brood wrote:$40 + Free shipping.Maybe I should invest in a gaming controller designed for PC.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wi ... 004QRKWKQ/
Waco wrote:Starfalcon wrote:Waco wrote:Hybrid memory cube.
Yeah sounds like the holographic memory that they have been talking about for years. I remember hearing about it years ago and IBM had thrown huge piles of money at it and had some prototypes. Chances are 10+ years later and still nothing, it probably has a lot of serious issues they haven't been able to overcome. Same with OLEDs, they have been talking about those for years, but only recently have they been able to come out with them with a lifespan measured in more than a few days before failing.
Except that it's already in pre-production status...so I have the feeling we'll see it on the market in the next year or two.
just brew it! wrote:A lot of storage technologies make it to pre-production (or even production) status, without ever succeeding as a mainstream product. Remember bubble memory? Magneto-optical discs? Optical tape? If you've been around long enough you might remember the hype associated with them, but they have not had a lasting impact.
Cost, capacity, bandwidth, latency, reliability, ease-of-use: carefully balance all of those factors and you've got a chance of succeeding as a mainstream tech. Excel at one or more of them (even if you suck at the rest), and you *might* have a chance as a niche tech. Otherwise, you're just one more roadkill on the tech industry highway.
sschaem wrote:high speed, low power, high density memory a passing fad ?
This is the answer to many design. From server to desktop and mobile.
Samsung, Micron, IBM, ARM are all behind this next step in memory design. Being made possible by TSV fabrication.
And TSV is not a pie in the sky dream with the HMC 1.0 spec finalized.