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NVIDIA Predicts 570x GPU Performance Boost
Gianna Borgnine writes "NVIDIA is predicting that GPU performance is going to increase a whopping 570-fold in the next six years. According to TG Daily, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made the prediction at this year's Hot Chips symposium. Huang claimed that while the performance of GPU silicon is heading for a monumental increase in the next six years — making it 570 times faster than the products available today — CPU technology will find itself lagging behind, increasing to a mere 3 times current performance levels. 'Huang also discussed a number of "real-world" GPU applications, including energy exploration, interactive ray tracing and CGI simulations.'"
Then we can use our GPUs as our CPUs!
The marketing guys originally wanted to say 1000x, but when they ran it past the engineers, the engineers couldn't stop laughing at such a ridiculous assertion. The marketing guys kept lowering the number, but the engineers just couldn't stop laughing. 570x is how low they got before the engineers passed out from laughing so much, which the marketing guys interpreted as agreement.
Then we can use our GPUs as our CPUs!
No No. GPU's only become CPU's when they are 570.34567 times faster. You will note that he precisely said only 570 times faster. That is he did not say an even 600 or 1000 or 500, but precisely 570, so we can assume he knew it was not 570.34567.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Are you crazy? Why would I buy a GPU now if they're going to be 570 times faster in just a few years? I'd just be wasting my money!
I hope it looks like this:
http://www.russdraper.com/images/fullsize/bitchin_fast_3d.jpg
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If graphics card development in the last 10 years is anything to go by, nVidia's plan is that the GPU will become 570 times larger, draw 570 times more power and the fan will spin 570 times faster
At that point, it would effectively become a helicopter, no?