Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:34:01 09/04/01
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On September 04, 2001 at 21:19:33, Slater Wold wrote: >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 Thanks Slate! I concur with Moore's Law. Here's a link for things to come in the first quarter of this century. http://www.scientificamerican.com/news/082801/1.html Terry
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