GPGPU is just a fad, soon all that hardware will move into the CPU. And you might want to look up "Knights Corner" - there's nothing preventing massive numbers of weak x86 cores being put on a single chip for handling thousands of small IO jobs.
SPARC is dying, T5 would have to defy the laws of physics to be sufficiently superior to Intel/AMD chips in the space to really have much of an impact.
It's not only about MBR rootkits. It's about a chain of trust. If you trust your MBR, you can trust your kernel. It all goes from there to enhance security of the overall system, including any compromise created by Windows malware.
Garrett's answer is silly sophistry. He mentions "secure boot other OS's." You can't UEFI secure boot other OS's now in 99% of cases. So what's changing? You'll still be able to boot into Linux, any fear to the contrary is tinfoil hat FUDdistry.
There will be some vendors who will offer "only boots securely into Windows 8". They will be special offerings for corporations and special cases. You would have to go out of your way to buy such a system, and not offering the option is restricting choice.
This whole thread is a bunch of silliness. Reminds me of the Pentium Serial Number fiasco. "Oh noes, they will be able to identify my chip!!!". Nevermind the fact that there are a million ways anyone from Google to your ISP to your neighbor can track everything you're doing on the Internet anyway.
It will 100% survive in the EU. There is literally no argument against it - it's an optional (either at runtime or purchase time) capability that makes your computer more secure. Oh noes, the huge manatee!
FUD. They would enable it through BIOS/UEFI options in 99% of cases, and a hardware switch in the other 1%. I don't know why you people insist on being so paranoid.
Your strident words earned you mods, but anyone sane reading this sees them for what they are - FUD. You would have to massively go out of your way to find an OEM that locks down their UEFI to a degree such that you couldn't install another OS.
Not sure why you'd post a link and then lie about the contents of the link, liar. The US is #5 in the 2010 Human Development Report, and would be higher if not for life expectancy issues due to cultural issues (obesity, mainly).
But I don't know why I'm arguing with a sub-literate nimrod who's rambling text reads like a Manifesto of Envy.
I have a solution to the wealth gap - make the richest 5% of the country move out, say to Canada. That will solve all our problems as the "wealth gap" will be much less of a problem.
I'm being sarcastic. Only stupid people care about a "wealth gap".
Whatever hippie. Your issue is you're looking over someone's shoulder and seeing what he has, and looking in your own pocket and you get jealous. Wealth distribution is a lie hippies tell to make other hippies mad.
Here's a clue as to why whining about wealth distribution is so silly. If the top 5% of the country just moved to Canada, suddenly America becomes a much better place, right? No. The point of this thought experiment is to demonstrate that wealth distribution doesn't matter - standard of living matters.
And if you work in the US your standard of living is pretty good. Sure, we need to address unemployment, but I don't feel bad if people who don't _want_ to work can only afford a 42" TV and to eat out at a restaurant twice a week.
If you can't pronounce the words properly, don't teach the language. It's very simple, and no discrimination necessary. In fact I'm sure they'd be willing to have telephone screeners, then there'd be no way for the person to know the nationality or color of the person on the other end of the phone speaking mangled English.
It's baseless theorizing on how he could "imagine" they are incorrect. Why would anyone have to show anything? Let the people who know what they're doing figure out if this is real or just an error.
God, stick a fucking sock in it. Here's a clue: Turn it off if the same ideas that make you wear an aluminum foil hat make you paranoid that the Man is watching your every move.
Sorry, you're full of it. x64 still has variable length instructions, multiple addressing modes, and complex instructions. The number of instructions is irrelevant and in fact RISC can often have more instructions than CISC.
It's not "much more like RISC" by any reasonable definition, and x86/x64 has been using a "real RISC core" for ages.
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GPGPU is just a fad, soon all that hardware will move into the CPU. And you might want to look up "Knights Corner" - there's nothing preventing massive numbers of weak x86 cores being put on a single chip for handling thousands of small IO jobs.
Welcome to 1990. It's 2011 now - x86 is no slouch.
SPARC is dying, T5 would have to defy the laws of physics to be sufficiently superior to Intel/AMD chips in the space to really have much of an impact.
I would love to get a WP7.5 phone, but stupid Sprint doesn't have any good ones. My kingdom for a 1280x720 4.5" Windows 7.5 phone with NFC hardware.
And people will be able to boot non-MS OS's on this new hardware. Article is FUD.
Yes, it's still sensationalist and paranoid as is this entire article and 90% of the responses to it.
It's not only about MBR rootkits. It's about a chain of trust. If you trust your MBR, you can trust your kernel. It all goes from there to enhance security of the overall system, including any compromise created by Windows malware.
Garrett's answer is silly sophistry. He mentions "secure boot other OS's." You can't UEFI secure boot other OS's now in 99% of cases. So what's changing? You'll still be able to boot into Linux, any fear to the contrary is tinfoil hat FUDdistry.
There will be some vendors who will offer "only boots securely into Windows 8". They will be special offerings for corporations and special cases. You would have to go out of your way to buy such a system, and not offering the option is restricting choice.
This whole thread is a bunch of silliness. Reminds me of the Pentium Serial Number fiasco. "Oh noes, they will be able to identify my chip!!!". Nevermind the fact that there are a million ways anyone from Google to your ISP to your neighbor can track everything you're doing on the Internet anyway.
It will 100% survive in the EU. There is literally no argument against it - it's an optional (either at runtime or purchase time) capability that makes your computer more secure. Oh noes, the huge manatee!
Don't come on here talking your "logic" and "pragmatism". This is a tinfoil FUDfest and you're not invited, Mr. Reasonable.
FUD. They would enable it through BIOS/UEFI options in 99% of cases, and a hardware switch in the other 1%. I don't know why you people insist on being so paranoid.
Your strident words earned you mods, but anyone sane reading this sees them for what they are - FUD. You would have to massively go out of your way to find an OEM that locks down their UEFI to a degree such that you couldn't install another OS.
Not sure why you'd post a link and then lie about the contents of the link, liar. The US is #5 in the 2010 Human Development Report, and would be higher if not for life expectancy issues due to cultural issues (obesity, mainly).
But I don't know why I'm arguing with a sub-literate nimrod who's rambling text reads like a Manifesto of Envy.
I have a solution to the wealth gap - make the richest 5% of the country move out, say to Canada. That will solve all our problems as the "wealth gap" will be much less of a problem.
I'm being sarcastic. Only stupid people care about a "wealth gap".
Whatever hippie. Your issue is you're looking over someone's shoulder and seeing what he has, and looking in your own pocket and you get jealous. Wealth distribution is a lie hippies tell to make other hippies mad.
Here's a clue as to why whining about wealth distribution is so silly. If the top 5% of the country just moved to Canada, suddenly America becomes a much better place, right? No. The point of this thought experiment is to demonstrate that wealth distribution doesn't matter - standard of living matters.
And if you work in the US your standard of living is pretty good. Sure, we need to address unemployment, but I don't feel bad if people who don't _want_ to work can only afford a 42" TV and to eat out at a restaurant twice a week.
Utter nonsense. You aren't a protected class for your accent or inability to be articulate. Good luck with that 'lawsuit".
If you can't pronounce the words properly, don't teach the language. It's very simple, and no discrimination necessary. In fact I'm sure they'd be willing to have telephone screeners, then there'd be no way for the person to know the nationality or color of the person on the other end of the phone speaking mangled English.
x86 will eat into ARM's mobile (and below) market well before ARM reaches the upper echelons of x86's market.
That probability is exactly: 0. It's laughable FUD.
It's baseless theorizing on how he could "imagine" they are incorrect. Why would anyone have to show anything? Let the people who know what they're doing figure out if this is real or just an error.
You can still patent all manner of ridiculous and stupid shit, but don't dare try to patent something that affects the US government's bottom line.
Whatever, fanboi. When the shoe was on the other foot and Google was whining about Microsoft I didn't see such posts.
This story needs more aluminum foil and less content.
Oh, wait. No - it's already full of ridiculous paranoia and FUD. This is not going to happen, and you're retarded if you think it will.
God, stick a fucking sock in it. Here's a clue: Turn it off if the same ideas that make you wear an aluminum foil hat make you paranoid that the Man is watching your every move.
Sorry, you're full of it. x64 still has variable length instructions, multiple addressing modes, and complex instructions. The number of instructions is irrelevant and in fact RISC can often have more instructions than CISC.
It's not "much more like RISC" by any reasonable definition, and x86/x64 has been using a "real RISC core" for ages.