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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:06:24

nothinsnew

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So right now we have dual core, quad core and I think octo core.

Does anyone know what people are predicting for the long term for processors?

Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:12:24

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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:13:31

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As far as electronic processors are concerened, they are supposedly "at the wall" because they can't make them any smaller and still fit circuit pathways due to electron leap(?) ie. The charge cutting across the circuit divide.

(so I've heard)

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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:14:36

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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:15:11

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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:23:10

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Wheezy_Knight said:

As far as electronic processors are concerened, they are supposedly "at the wall" because they can't make them any smaller and still fit circuit pathways due to electron leap(?) ie. The charge cutting across the circuit divide.

(so I've heard)

They are playing with light as a message bearer aren't they?

Is that Moore's Law?

Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:29:41

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nothinsnew said:

Is that Moore's Law?

I've just looked that up, and that's not what I mean I think..

If you make the space between each circuit pathway too thin/fine, the current will "jump" across the pathways...like a wire carrying electicity not having adequate insulation, it will 'leak'.

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Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:49:04

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So there's no way they can get smaller. So I guess they'll just end up going to 16 core, 32 core etc. and the boxes will get bigger?

Oct 30, 2008 @ 11:37:36

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nothinsnew said:

So there's no way they can get smaller. So I guess they'll just end up going to 16 core, 32 core etc. and the boxes will get bigger?

That is a matter for speculation.

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Nov 28, 2008 @ 23:55:28

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what part of cpu's have they hit the wall? they cant fit more than 8 cpus into the same unit without it killing itself?

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Jan 01, 2009 @ 21:12:42

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moores law is about the processor speed doubling

Mar 25, 2009 @ 02:08:23

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I think it goes far beyond quad core or octo core in IBM servers. IBM is engineering their own processor for the really big servers. I would have to do more research to tell you exactly what cutting edge today. But, I sure know one thing: you can daisy chain multiple servers together to create what we call an array. By using this technique, you can multiply processing power. The finally machine can be as big as you what man!

Apr 03, 2009 @ 10:41:12

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The new Xbox is coming out with 16-32 cores in 2011-2012...Or so they say. So I wouldn't be surprised if by 2011 all the cheapest computers have 8 cores at least. Technology is growing faster than we can harness it.

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Aug 08, 2009 @ 08:02:50

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fiber optic processors is the future.....just think of how fuc**** fast future computers will be

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