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Post-post PC: Materials and Technologies That Could Revive Enthusiast Computing

Posted by timothy on from the more-conflict-minerals-mean-more-fun dept.

Dputiger writes "Given the recent emphasis on mobile computing and the difficulty of scaling large cores, it's easy to think that enthusiast computing is dead. Easy — but not necessarily true. There are multiple ways to attack the problem of continued scaling, including new semiconductor materials, specialized co-processor units that implement software applications in silicon, and enhanced cooling techniques to reduce on-die hot spots."

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  1. Re:Arsenide is a material? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Funny

    indium, gallium, and arsenide

    See, that's why tech writers have editors, who can correct 'indium and gallium arsenide' to 'indium, gallium, and arsenide'.

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  2. Re:Arsenide is a material? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Take a second look.

    I already took a second look on your previous post. This would be the third.

  3. Re:Arsenide is a material? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At LeAsT YoU aRe StIlL hUmAn.
    WaKiNg Up As A cOcKrOaCh WaS tRuLy A sHoCk.
    BuT i FeEl As ThOuGh SlAsHdOt Is A hOmE.

  4. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> The PC is the correct form factor for getting work done by humans.

    Unfortunately most humans just want to play Angry Birds while taking a crap.