[extropy-chat] Computing in 2004--and Beyond

[Dirk Bruere]

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> PC World magazine has a look into the future -
> <http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113444,00.asp>
> 
> How will the PC change during the coming year? The next five years? We
> consult the experts and come up with answers.
> 
> Highlights:
> 
> According to IDC, flat-panel display shipments will surpass those of
> tubes for the first time in 2004.
> 
> Rumors abound that Tejas, Intel's successor to Prescott, will debut near
> the end of 2004 with speeds from 5 to 7 GHz.
> 
> Moore's law--the concept that chip performance will double every 18
> months or so--is alive and well. Researchers are just beginning to build
> chips with circuits only 65nm wide, and IBM and AMD are among those
> working to develop a 45nm process. Intel envisions paring that to 22nm
> by the year 2011.
> 
> "The PCs we'll buy just three years from now will have features, user
> interfaces, and expansion options that are radically different from
> those in the systems we're using today," predicts Microprocessor
> Report's Glaskowsky.
 

Well, I already know the basic specs of my next system (about 3yrs away).
10GHz 64 bit CPU, 1TB of mass storage, 16GB RAM etc

Dirk

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