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

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."

Comments

Re:Arsenide is a material?

[bill_mcgonigle]

indium, gallium, and arsenide

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

Re:No

[Anonymous Coward]

>> 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.