Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:47:41 06/21/00
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On June 21, 2000 at 01:04:01, KarinsDad wrote:
>On June 20, 2000 at 21:02:15, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>[snip]
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>>Some will say that in a few years from now L1 caches will be much bigger.
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>>I'm not sure. I'm not even sure that 64 bits processors will be so common.
>>
>>I think the actual trend of microprocessors, from now on, will be: 32 bits
>>processors consuming less power.
>>
>>Too PC-centric people will not understand what I mean.
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>Historically, trends have been towards bigger, better, faster, etc. I see no
>reason for that to change until designers start getting down to the atomic level
>and the brakes are put on for them.
I agree wholeheartedly that the tendency is to constantly strive for more. More
speed, more power, etc... There is absolutely no historic tendency to back up a
claim that suddenly, just like that, people will start becoming 'reasonable'.
Furthermore, I don't see the atomic level as becoming the brakes. I could be
wrong, but man has always found ways of circumventing some things, and I think
that we'll just start pushing advances in different directions but with the same
goals: more speed, more power, etc...
Albert Silver
>
>The future of chess programs will probably be for an artificially intelligent
>tutor to analyze your game while it is being played. Additionally, this tutor
>will be represented in real time via audio and video (possibly 3D) and be
>practically indistinguishable from a human. That will probably require a 256 bit
>architecture.
>
>Sound farfetched?
>
>So did a lot of things in the past. For those of us who purchased 4K Ram
>computers with no hard disks a mere 20+ years ago, 1 Ghz, 512 MB, 30 Gig systems
>seem like a dream. But they are reality nonetheless.
>
>KarinsDad :)
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