What is the next type of computer hardware evolution as of 2013 or later?
I7 Core’s looks like its the best for the average user… what’s next…I9 Core or Sandybridge, or something unique? When is the next generation of computing for PC’s Laptops and smartphones due? I also heard of sugar cube sized hard drives, when will that come to the average user? Peta-byte, (or exo-byte) storage? What’s the next cool innovations to computing?
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Implants, which is badass!
Move over old silicon chip your time is nigh. Hail to the new graphene DNA written chip
They have just managed to etch 1 nanometer pathways onto printed circuits.
What that means is chips that draw less power and generate less waste heat. Think about what that will mean for portable electronics!
Kind of a mundane answer compared to petabytes and graphene circuits, but solid-state-drive,SSDs are getting more common as the main drive in ultrabooks and desktops and they make a HUGE difference in performance.
Anyone I know who is ordering or building or rebuilding a machine is putting one in for the OS/Applications/swap area.
People with budget to burn are putting two in, one for OS/Apps and the other for swap.
@dabbler I have a small SSD hard drive. The Laptop cost me $750 6 months ago.
Also, although I think 2013 is too early for this to get momentum but, some kind of hands-off interface for control of common household functions has got to some day get real.
Maybe the successful implementation will be a blend of speech-recognition and gestures (e.g. kinect)
“Hey machine! I want to adjust the lights”
Machines pops up screen with all the lights in the area.
User waves at lamps on the screen to identify them then up or down to adjust brightness.
Speech-recognition only (like on Star Trek!) might happen instead, but in the real world they’ll have to account for ambient noise and multiple voices saying possibly conflicting stuff.
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