Throughout history, competitors have spread FUD. When faced with superior or equivalent technology, many companies are faced with a difficult decision: improve their product, or spread FUD about their competitors. As spreading FUD is certainly much more cost efficient than designing a newer product, many companies will opt for this route. Although the processor market has for the most part remained exempt from this (exempting the current fixation of the consumer on mHz ratings), FUD is certainly to be expected. Of course Intel is scared. The processor market is huge. To lose even a few percent of their customer base is a large hit. If Athlon were merely equivalent in performance, things would be different. But when a competitor produces a better product, Intel gets scared, or at least its stockholders do.
it still pushes AMD to improve their design, perhaps to the point that the K7 can also be used in portable devices. i think that the major appeal of intel's newest processors will be in the laptop arena. it would be awesome to have the same power in a laptop as on the desktop with an x86 processor. i really hate to say it, but it's getting to the point where it can be cheaper to buy a new system than to upgrade an older one (especially with DRAM prices so high.) of course, with the introduction of new processors and technology, older (obsolete?) models become much cheaper, and hey, a better processor is a better processor. competition is good, as long as the competition doesn't force either company out of business. that would be bad.
Rambus, the company that developed the technology was not the source of the problem. It was Intel, and their 820 chipset, which is why it was the duty of Intel to fix the problem. So there.
I know exactly what you're talking about. It hurts to walk into a room with a bunch of tv's on. Although it is cool to be able to tell whether or not there is a CRT on in a room before walking into it. oh, yeah!
of course, you seem to forget that many new movies are dropping 35mm film and going all digital. digital can achieve much higher frame rates. it will make a difference. muahahahaha!
wouldn't you hate to be this guy ron? (i know he meant rom) my first computer...let's see, not counting that toy robot thing, was an ibm model 30 286 with a 20 meg hard drive...i still had it working up til last year, when i got mad and destroyed it. until 5 years ago, or perhaps before...20 megs still seemed pretty big, especially when you express it in bits...(i know the computer isn't that old...but i'm only 15.)
i really couldn't use one of these things at all. i suppose i'll just have to wait until someone comes out with a portable (discman size) mp3 player that uses cd's....the greatest thing would be if it played audio cd's too. we'll get there...eventually.
It sounds like an interesting concept. I'd cherish it if someone could actually make something like the above work. Another idea for supreme portability, ease of use, and just plain innovativeness: Perhaps the palms of the gloves could be used as a touchpad...simply use a finger or thumb to navigate, and...well, i'm sure someone could figure out a good way to click. Of course this would require a supremely flexible trackpad, but i'm sure if there were enough demand, it could be done easily enough.
ni! for a complete list of hardware and components: http://www.sgi.com brief overview: 1-4 Pentium II or III chips. Proprietary memory bus and chipsets, etc. i think that for any other information, the aforementioned website should give you enough information to fill your little heart with awe...
hopefully everything works out. if not, i can picture it now: opening the large boc of primo components...putting it together, booting up, and witnessing the fastest computer i've ever used crash under windows nt. a sad, sad day. now if only someone could loan (read: _give_) me $25,000 for a wonderful (linux) SGI workstation. one can only dream, or rob a bank.
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Throughout history, competitors have spread FUD. When faced with superior or equivalent technology, many companies are faced with a difficult decision: improve their product, or spread FUD about their competitors. As spreading FUD is certainly much more cost efficient than designing a newer product, many companies will opt for this route. Although the processor market has for the most part remained exempt from this (exempting the current fixation of the consumer on mHz ratings), FUD is certainly to be expected. Of course Intel is scared. The processor market is huge. To lose even a few percent of their customer base is a large hit. If Athlon were merely equivalent in performance, things would be different. But when a competitor produces a better product, Intel gets scared, or at least its stockholders do.
it still pushes AMD to improve their design, perhaps to the point that the K7 can also be used in portable devices. i think that the major appeal of intel's newest processors will be in the laptop arena. it would be awesome to have the same power in a laptop as on the desktop with an x86 processor.
i really hate to say it, but it's getting to the point where it can be cheaper to buy a new system than to upgrade an older one (especially with DRAM prices so high.) of course, with the introduction of new processors and technology, older (obsolete?) models become much cheaper, and hey, a better processor is a better processor. competition is good, as long as the competition doesn't force either company out of business. that would be bad.
Rambus, the company that developed the technology was not the source of the problem. It was Intel, and their 820 chipset, which is why it was the duty of Intel to fix the problem. So there.
i remember a story on /. claiming that scientists had decided that Pluto was not a true planet. Wouldn't that make this the 9th planet?
I know exactly what you're talking about. It hurts to walk into a room with a bunch of tv's on. Although it is cool to be able to tell whether or not there is a CRT on in a room before walking into it. oh, yeah!
of course, you seem to forget that many new movies are dropping 35mm film and going all digital. digital can achieve much higher frame rates. it will make a difference. muahahahaha!
wouldn't you hate to be this guy ron? (i know he meant rom)
my first computer...let's see, not counting that toy robot thing, was an ibm model 30 286 with a 20 meg hard drive...i still had it working up til last year, when i got mad and destroyed it. until 5 years ago, or perhaps before...20 megs still seemed pretty big, especially when you express it in bits...(i know the computer isn't that old...but i'm only 15.)
i really couldn't use one of these things at all. i suppose i'll just have to wait until someone comes out with a portable (discman size) mp3 player that uses cd's....the greatest thing would be if it played audio cd's too. we'll get there...eventually.
It sounds like an interesting concept. I'd cherish it if someone could actually make something like the above work. Another idea for supreme portability, ease of use, and just plain innovativeness:
Perhaps the palms of the gloves could be used as a touchpad...simply use a finger or thumb to navigate, and...well, i'm sure someone could figure out a good way to click. Of course this would require a supremely flexible trackpad, but i'm sure if there were enough demand, it could be done easily enough.
ni!
for a complete list of hardware and components: http://www.sgi.com
brief overview:
1-4 Pentium II or III chips.
Proprietary memory bus and chipsets, etc. i think that for any other information, the aforementioned website should give you enough information to fill your little heart with awe...
hopefully everything works out. if not, i can picture it now:
opening the large boc of primo components...putting it together, booting up, and witnessing the fastest computer i've ever used crash under windows nt. a sad, sad day.
now if only someone could loan (read: _give_) me $25,000 for a wonderful (linux) SGI workstation. one can only dream, or rob a bank.