Author: Slater Wold
Date: 18:19:33 09/04/01
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On September 04, 2001 at 20:33:48, Terry McCracken wrote: >On September 04, 2001 at 20:02:47, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>How much will the ram cost that can be read at that speed? >>;-) >> >>With ram that runs at the same speed as today's DDR ram, the difference will not >>be great (just imagine turning off all hash tables). A 70 GHz CPU just creates >>a massive memory bottleneck (unless they can somehow apply the same technology >>to RAM). >> >>If they apply the same technology to RAM, how many KWH will that machine >>consume? >>;-) >> >>I'd like to see a few more figures before imagining any projections. > >I'd be cautious too in making projections, but in 5 to 10 years the average >PC owner like myself may well indeed have, what today is considered exotic or >expensive, even the improbable on their desktops. > >Does it sound really unreasonable that AMD and Intel will have "New" types of >chips and ram that will blow the doors off existing PC's of today? > >Forgive the expression "Blow the Doors Off" , as I borrowed that from Dr. >Hyatt:) > > >I hate to really guess what speeds or even "New" technologies will be on our >desks by 2010! > >Any bets that by that time 1Thz might be feasible?;) CPU speed doubles every 18 months. We are at 2Ghz now, so if you do the math: 4Ghz in 18 months. 8Ghz in 36 months. 16Ghz in 54 months. 32Ghz in 72 months. 64Ghz in 90 months. 1.28Thz in 108 months. So we're a little less than 9 years away. :) Slate
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