Where does computer development end?

[Moonbeam]

I find this guy very interesting.

 

[LunarRay]

To me the issue is not the CPU and all or the software... but, the cases.. I think the next move ought to be in the development of the case into something more...... real... like a replica of a human for instance... with all the features.. not like a robot but, more like an android.. life like and all.. able to walk, talk, shut up and all the good things... laugh at my jokes and the like...
give back rubs too... now that would be creating uesfullness out of scrap.

I'd pre order the Raquel Welsh model....

 

[BurnItDwn]

People aro still modifying and finding better ways to build a Wheel, You think we are gonna max out the capabillities of a CPU any time soon??? I doubt it

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey Basically, no matter how powerful the computer is, you need software that is useful and logical. Creating software that is powerful AND logical is hard, because when you get down to it, it's created by a bunch of monkies at computers typing out things like if(foo != bar) { fun(x, y, 300); } else { ...and so on.

Theoretically, its possible that eventually, computers will be able to self program themselves, just as humans learn from their mistakes and adapt.

But you still have to program them to be able to do that (not a simple thing)

Indeed, and with that programming, theoretically, the first batch of self-programming creations, would be able to "duplicate" themselves and pass there programming on.......

And it was then that Skynet was born.

and knowing Russia would launch a counterstrike, Skynet launches a preemptive nuclear strike at the Russians

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: HJD1
To me the issue is not the CPU and all or the software... but, the cases.. I think the next move ought to be in the development of the case into something more...... real... like a replica of a human for instance... with all the features.. not like a robot but, more like an android.. life like and all.. able to walk, talk, shut up and all the good things... laugh at my jokes and the like...
give back rubs too... now that would be creating uesfullness out of scrap.

I'd pre order the Raquel Welsh model....

I'd preorder the Supaporn model.

 

[LunarRay]

I'd pre order the Raquel Welsh model....[/quote]I'd preorder the Supaporn model. [/quote]

See... there would be an instant market for the product.... I'd get rid of this blue thermaltake thing in a second..

Now if we can get Moonbeam, his hammer, and all to work on it we can have what we really wanted all along...

 

[wfbberzerker]

asking when computer development will end is like asking when we will run out of things to invent.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I find this guy very interesting.

I was reading an article by Vannevar Bush written in 1945, where he outlines everything from faxes to the internet - 8 incredibly ahead of his time inventions. The man looks like he's psychic, I swear, not only talking about them but, as a physicist, taking stabs at a great number of details on how they'd work. It's almost bizarre. The article's called "As We May Think." Link - remember, 1945

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I find this guy very interesting.

I do too. He has some very interesting theories.....

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I find this guy very interesting.

I was reading an article by Vannevar Bush written in 1945, where he outlines everything from faxes to the internet - 8 incredibly ahead of his time inventions. The man looks like he's psychic, I swear, not only talking about them but, as a physicist, taking stabs at a great number of details on how they'd work. It's almost bizarre. The article's called "As We May Think." Link - remember, 1945

Psychic, no. Visionary, yes.

 

[Cyberian]

Where does computer development end?

640k should be enough for anyone.

 

[manly]

Photolithographic processes that are the backbone of semiconductors are expected to be "maxed out" in around 10 years or so. After that, the pace of CPU performance progress is expected to slow down. Overall computing progress should continue unabated; remember the CPU is just one component of systems. Quantum computing is expected to completely revolutionize computing but who knows when you'll actually buy a quantum PC.

There will never be enough performance for every tractable problem out there. We're already to the point where most people (sans gamers) have excessive PC performance for their office productivity applications. But I seriously doubt there will be any optimal plateau to be settled upon; that would simply be contrary to the nature of progress in computing technology itself.