Technology Marches On...Current Cutting Edge Desktop CPUs Are 8-Core
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Processors are boring... How about this?
Within five years, IBM’s smartphone will hear, see, smell, taste, and feel... check out the videos.
At the end of each year, IBM Research lists "innovations that will change our lives in the next five years." This year's "IBM 5 in 5" is particularly intriguing in that their braintrust is heralding the age of "cognitive computing" — a technological era in which computers and handheld devices can better approximate…"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”Comment
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One thing it will not do:
It cannot analyze it's environment down to the molecular level.
How many times did The Prophet Spock use his tri-corder and say some shit like:
"Tricorder readings indicate a silicon-based life form 2 kilometers away at bearing 192.3 degrees....it appears to be inserting one of it's own appendages into one of it's own orifices..."
"Explain, Mr. Spock..."
"Captain...IT APPEARS TO BE FUCKING ITSELF!"
*BUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!*
"Kirk to Enterprise.....Scotty...get us out of here....there is something made of silicon down here that is fucking itself, and we're all gonna die..."
"Och but Captin....the transporter kinna wurk right now....the crewmen were having fun transporting some of the yeomen between the crew quarters, and one of them accidentally materialized impaled on mah haggis.....if ya know what I mean, Captain...."
"Dammit Scotty, quit fucking around or we're all gonna die!"
"Aye Cap'n.....stand by...."
Not before.Comment
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Seriously though......one app that will be the most useful app every created.....a true universal translator.
If you can speak into your cell phone, and have it spit out a perfect translation of what you said, in every dialect of every language on earth, it will drastically increase global understanding. The internet has already done this to some degree, but of course when you are out in person, traveling in another country where you do not know the language, such a tool could increase understanding and cooperation on a more human and personal level.Comment
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I've been working on a IMAC Lion 4 month old computer, for a couple weeks here at the house..never used one before Or any MAC system, had to break into it for a friend and research the content for a probate situation.
I have it rebooted new like new... and it can only be done over the net ( no more owning the system disks for MAC) and all the info loaded onto a 1TB Time Capsule and also placed the info on a 1TB FAT32 external I have before i formatted the computer..bla bla... ..but anyway....
This state of the art IMAC screen is sitting right next to my 2007 23 inch LCD powered by a HP and XP ( new updated HD and Video card is all). The image on the MAC screen is just a little cooler than my slightly warm HP and old school flatscreen. The difference is there but not great ( placed a same size photo duplicates on both monitors at the same time and was fudging around with colors and such)
I am wondering (with the exclusion of gaming) if computers have reached platuea of, that, the new devices and chips and such aren't really making much impact other than perhaps some downloading speed ..?
Some people are writing articles about Digital Cameras and are saying the compression of new age equipment it actually a step backwards as far as actual bit rate image quality, and this new hardware is degrading the end product.Last edited by clarathecarrot; 12-21-2012, 10:47 PM.2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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The thing is that you have to write software that can take advantage of the hardware's capabilities.
And right now, the hardware is out there, but the software is not.
So you have Photoshop or Sony Vegas or ProTools, or CATIA.
Which of the above really takes advantage of the hardware's capabilities? Which one can use all 8 cores of a current cutting edge CPU?
I am sure the gaming software developers are going to be trying to develop scalable games that can take advantage of however many cores there are. But that is a new era....we have only been dealing with multi-core CPUs for what, 10 years max?
The software is lagging behind, while the next-gen hardware keeps rolling out like clockwork.
The next-generaton AMD Bulldozer and Piledriver CPUs are going to be released in 2014 using the fucking 28nm process at Fab 8 in Germany.....
And Intel is still moving along.....
Memory busses keep getting faster....what is it now? DDR3? With the next gen on the horizon?
And as the speed and efficiency of hardware increases, so also increases the rate at which technology advances.Comment
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I agree but what gets my goat is they can write software and upgrade firmware but choose to, semi force us to buy the new "device" instead of simply writing software to create a greater utilization of what already exists.
I understand business and driving the market ..so I understand thier profit ratio outline...new device = big bucks new sofware download /upgrade= not so great profit.
I will reread your post tomorrow when my mind is clearer there is alot in there.2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
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You are right though.
It is like, when is DirectX 15 scheduled to be released?
And will Microsoft make their OS Windows X work only with video cards that support DirectX 15?
Bad enough the hardware manufacturers play on our love of going faster and with more power.
If not in real life in cars and on motorcycles, etc., then as we sit here with our computers.
Life is a never-ending upgrade.Comment
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"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. - Some come from ahead and some come from behind. - But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. - Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" ~ Dr. SeusssigpicComment
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What is sad is the possibility that some diseases may be cured by new developments in science.....and it will create sadness amongst those who have lost someone special to one of those diseases.
Like, if they announced a cure for cancer tomorrow, and you just lost someone 6 months ago to cancer.
Oh well.
The technology is getting so much better. On the electro-mechanical side, there are much smaller servos, motors, and other kit necessary to build such things as arms, hands, etc.
What is going to create a revolution will be when you can control stuff by putting on some kind of helmet......
Once they can get around that stupid "brain implant" shit, and figure out a way to do it with a helmet, or some other sort of device.
What if you could control all kindsa shit wearing a helmet that had to be in a certain shape.
And what if the certain shape looked absolutely stupid.
Suddenly, you would see rich folks completely communicating with their surroundings by a helmet, while looking stupid.
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