true- and I said practically the same thing, without the calculations... but you must remember that Moore's law is not exact- it also states every 18-24 months, not every 18 months. I agree though, that although the graphics of the ps2 are supposed to be many times more powerful than that of a desktop today, the fact remains that this hype is for nothing- a ps3 as described will be nothing but small fries.
I think you don't fully understand people's annoyance with the "need" for faster cpus. The fact is that cpus are generally faster than the software on the market requires them to be... I have a 1.4Ghz processor, but I could do just fine with a 400Mhz processor. And to say that 'maybe someday someone will come out with an AI algorithm that is cpu intensive' is a bad argument... because that hasn't happened yet, and it probably wouldn't happen until the time comes where cpus are fast enough for it. And also, I don't really think that people are berating faster cpus... I just think that most people see ultra high speeds as unneccessary for TODAY'S uses.
Well, this issue is very distressing. It seems to me that this is all just a marketing scheme created in order to hype the PlayStation brand- especially since the PS2 just came out. For thosw who don't regularly read Penny Aracde, there is a cartoon about it here:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-02 -12
Even more so because this is supposed to be out in, wait, did I hear that correctly? 2004!!!?? We have all heard of Moore's Law... the idea that the number of transistors on a chip is supposed to double every 18-24 months. It seems to me that in three years, the qualities they are pitching for this chip will be EXPECTED, and that any platform or cpu that CAN'T access the "broadband internet" at "ultra-high speeds" won't sell worth a damn, and will receive less market clout than buyplasticsofas.com.
no Al Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell invented pong... Al Gore just invented everything else. Now he has to worry each day about inventing himself some Lunch.
You mean that if I started my own Star Wars fan club here in the U.S. I could potentially get some kind of religious tax break for it? Well, in that case... "Our Yoda, who art on Coruscant"
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true- and I said practically the same thing, without the calculations... but you must remember that Moore's law is not exact- it also states every 18-24 months, not every 18 months. I agree though, that although the graphics of the ps2 are supposed to be many times more powerful than that of a desktop today, the fact remains that this hype is for nothing- a ps3 as described will be nothing but small fries.
I think you don't fully understand people's annoyance with the "need" for faster cpus. The fact is that cpus are generally faster than the software on the market requires them to be... I have a 1.4Ghz processor, but I could do just fine with a 400Mhz processor. And to say that 'maybe someday someone will come out with an AI algorithm that is cpu intensive' is a bad argument... because that hasn't happened yet, and it probably wouldn't happen until the time comes where cpus are fast enough for it. And also, I don't really think that people are berating faster cpus... I just think that most people see ultra high speeds as unneccessary for TODAY'S uses.
Well, this issue is very distressing. It seems to me that this is all just a marketing scheme created in order to hype the PlayStation brand- especially since the PS2 just came out. For thosw who don't regularly read Penny Aracde, there is a cartoon about it here: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-02 -12
Even more so because this is supposed to be out in, wait, did I hear that correctly? 2004!!!?? We have all heard of Moore's Law... the idea that the number of transistors on a chip is supposed to double every 18-24 months. It seems to me that in three years, the qualities they are pitching for this chip will be EXPECTED, and that any platform or cpu that CAN'T access the "broadband internet" at "ultra-high speeds" won't sell worth a damn, and will receive less market clout than buyplasticsofas.com.
just a question: what in the blazing fuck does that picture have to do with pong?
no Al Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell invented pong... Al Gore just invented everything else. Now he has to worry each day about inventing himself some Lunch.
You mean that if I started my own Star Wars fan club here in the U.S. I could potentially get some kind of religious tax break for it? Well, in that case... "Our Yoda, who art on Coruscant"