Only if you don't count the money that flows through all the levels of the Android manufacturing, distribution and aftermarket chain. When you do that, the Android economy dwarfs Apple. And you can say, the Android economy is far more beneficial to the world in general because the money gets spread around a lot more instead of being hogged by one successful (for now) monopolist. Lots of people making lots of money off Android, impossible to deny it, unless of course you happen to be an Apple apologist.
Karma. Remember all the Apple fanboys gloating about Note 7 battery issues? Cue payback. I am not a Samsung fanboy by any means, but that performance by Apple folks was just plain galling. Samsung responded to the issue quickly and fairly, let's see what Apple does. (I'm not expecting much.)
Oh, and there were persistent reports of Apple products catching fire, even electrocuting people throughout that same period. Apple just makes me ill.
I have more than 500 Firefox tabs open at this moment without freezing or performance issues. Looks like sound engineering to me, please do everybody a favor and take your wanking elsewhere.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Intel does in a few years, but they're a long way off...
Probably expand their partnership with AMD, it's just more cost effective than putting in all the R&D necessary to come up with something competitive with vega/navi. Isn't that weird?
are the previous generation (launched early '17) graphics cards still selling for above the original launch
Previous gen is now back at roughly MSRP, which is still distorted. Prices should fall rapidly over the coming weeks with perhaps a bit of overshoot, maybe great value for games. RX 580 remains highly respectable, especially for Vulkan/DX12 games. Current gen Vega 64 is running about 10% over MSRP right now, way down from what it was. I'm one of those fuck nVidia guys (with good reason) so I don't much care what they cost, but for what it's worth, nVideo MSRP is following about the same trajectory.
nvidia doesn't need a market that has small saturation point
They will take any market they can get. The problem is, miners don't want nVidia GPUs because they are less power efficient for the hashing load than AMD. Why exactly that is... I only looked at that superficially, but it seems one big point is that nVideo optimized their architecture heavily for the most popular gaming GPU load, that is, 32 bit floating point. For double, half or integer, AMD delivers better ops per watt.
I wish the GPU card manufacturers hadn't started making these cards without the video circuitry and ports
These cards are for the deep learning market, now going vertical and no sign of stopping. Gamers don't need to feel left out, they benefit from the extra volume, which adds capacity the fab lines and contributes to bringing down the price of their next gaming GPU.
Everybody knows that solid state will eventually push hdd fully into backup, mass storage and nearline roles. Nobody yet knows whether solid state will eventually take over those roles too, if they say they know then they are lying. And in fact, most of the world's data is on mass storage right now. Even if hdd does eventually fall into a purely legacy role, how long will it take? It could be as long as twenty years or as quick as five.
One trend that is pretty easy to predict: enterprise 5400 rpm will start to dominate as areal density, power and cooling are now more important that 30% lower seek latency.
Not only has millions of tonnes of greenhouses gases been produced due to mining
Sink the profits into building solar farms, it should work out fine.
millions of graphics cards that are now useless due to being fried alive by mining
Right, just wore out all those wires? Maybe melted some solder? Or could it be, those cards on eBay were just superseded by the more efficient generation. For the right price, I will be happy to pick up a cast-off 580, thanks.
You make it clear to anybody with the misfortune to stumble over your dreary tracks on the internet that your imagined intellectual superiority is most precious to you. Apple is hollowed out and you are part of the rot.
I understand that your mind is only able to think one level deep. One button mouse, same idea, right? No doubt you are in awe of your own intellectual superiority. How Apple of you.
they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas
OK, I will grant you that that point is a lie. Apple did have a record of coming up with good ideas until pencil-pusher Tim Cook arrived, now they only have pencil pusher ideas and squeeze more milk out of aging camp follower ideas.
So in the world you live in, dropping from $.06/GB to $.025 is "flat". Or maybe you have issues admitting an error. Combined with overestimation of your own knowledge and a trigger posting finger, it's a kooky cocktail of intellectual sludge.
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It seems that keeping the iPads/iPhones plugged into an electric outlet all the time, and running all the time, has an unexpected outcome
Oh, you mean, like all my Android devices and all my laptops. No fires so far, what's up with Apple?
still getting nearly all the mobile profits.
Only if you don't count the money that flows through all the levels of the Android manufacturing, distribution and aftermarket chain. When you do that, the Android economy dwarfs Apple. And you can say, the Android economy is far more beneficial to the world in general because the money gets spread around a lot more instead of being hogged by one successful (for now) monopolist. Lots of people making lots of money off Android, impossible to deny it, unless of course you happen to be an Apple apologist.
Karma. Remember all the Apple fanboys gloating about Note 7 battery issues? Cue payback. I am not a Samsung fanboy by any means, but that performance by Apple folks was just plain galling. Samsung responded to the issue quickly and fairly, let's see what Apple does. (I'm not expecting much.)
Oh, and there were persistent reports of Apple products catching fire, even electrocuting people throughout that same period. Apple just makes me ill.
I was actually referring to the AMD Instinct (7nm, no video)
I have more than 500 Firefox tabs open at this moment without freezing or performance issues. Looks like sound engineering to me, please do everybody a favor and take your wanking elsewhere.
There are dozens of other human activities which produce nothing but greenhouse gases.
Posting on Slashdot, for example.
Is this true?
No, he's an idiot.
I stopped using Firefox as it only uses 1 core unlike IE 8 and Chrome 1.0 10 years ago
Rubbish. Top immediately shows Firefox on multiple cores with multiple tabs. Couldn't be bothered to check before spouting?
I'm looking forward to seeing what Intel does in a few years, but they're a long way off...
Probably expand their partnership with AMD, it's just more cost effective than putting in all the R&D necessary to come up with something competitive with vega/navi. Isn't that weird?
are the previous generation (launched early '17) graphics cards still selling for above the original launch
Previous gen is now back at roughly MSRP, which is still distorted. Prices should fall rapidly over the coming weeks with perhaps a bit of overshoot, maybe great value for games. RX 580 remains highly respectable, especially for Vulkan/DX12 games. Current gen Vega 64 is running about 10% over MSRP right now, way down from what it was. I'm one of those fuck nVidia guys (with good reason) so I don't much care what they cost, but for what it's worth, nVideo MSRP is following about the same trajectory.
nvidia doesn't need a market that has small saturation point
They will take any market they can get. The problem is, miners don't want nVidia GPUs because they are less power efficient for the hashing load than AMD. Why exactly that is... I only looked at that superficially, but it seems one big point is that nVideo optimized their architecture heavily for the most popular gaming GPU load, that is, 32 bit floating point. For double, half or integer, AMD delivers better ops per watt.
They were never for miners, they are for deep learning, engineering, scientific computing.
I wish the GPU card manufacturers hadn't started making these cards without the video circuitry and ports
These cards are for the deep learning market, now going vertical and no sign of stopping. Gamers don't need to feel left out, they benefit from the extra volume, which adds capacity the fab lines and contributes to bringing down the price of their next gaming GPU.
As a currency it is dead
That pronouncement would be a bit premature.
Thanks, that was handy.
Seconded, I myself own a Motorola iphone.
Everybody knows that solid state will eventually push hdd fully into backup, mass storage and nearline roles. Nobody yet knows whether solid state will eventually take over those roles too, if they say they know then they are lying. And in fact, most of the world's data is on mass storage right now. Even if hdd does eventually fall into a purely legacy role, how long will it take? It could be as long as twenty years or as quick as five.
One trend that is pretty easy to predict: enterprise 5400 rpm will start to dominate as areal density, power and cooling are now more important that 30% lower seek latency.
Not only has millions of tonnes of greenhouses gases been produced due to mining
Sink the profits into building solar farms, it should work out fine.
millions of graphics cards that are now useless due to being fried alive by mining
Right, just wore out all those wires? Maybe melted some solder? Or could it be, those cards on eBay were just superseded by the more efficient generation. For the right price, I will be happy to pick up a cast-off 580, thanks.
You make it clear to anybody with the misfortune to stumble over your dreary tracks on the internet that your imagined intellectual superiority is most precious to you. Apple is hollowed out and you are part of the rot.
I understand that your mind is only able to think one level deep. One button mouse, same idea, right? No doubt you are in awe of your own intellectual superiority. How Apple of you.
Correction: this market. (GPS addons for laptops)
they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas
OK, I will grant you that that point is a lie. Apple did have a record of coming up with good ideas until pencil-pusher Tim Cook arrived, now they only have pencil pusher ideas and squeeze more milk out of aging camp follower ideas.
So much blathering, and yet STILL not a SINGLE CITATION!
Google them yourself you pompous ass. Every one of OPs original points is a matter of public record.
So in the world you live in, dropping from $.06/GB to $.025 is "flat". Or maybe you have issues admitting an error. Combined with overestimation of your own knowledge and a trigger posting finger, it's a kooky cocktail of intellectual sludge.
Do you always post nonsense to the internet without 10 seconds of research? Hard Drive Cost per GB Over Time