What do you think the next leap with PC's will be? - Hardware & Software

Bear with me now, because it's fairly late (4:26 am) and my brain is not on full, but I can't stop thinking about this, so I will post it anyway. I've been thinking. A few years ago, the concept of a "64-bit quad-core with a 4870 with one gig of DDR5 video memory, and a 2TB HD" would be absolutely meaningless. No one would have ever expected something that powerful a few years ago. Sure there were servers that had more than one physical CPU on it, but never did they have more than one CPU on one die. Now we can cram 8 CPU's on a single die. My thought is in maybe 10 years, magnetic storage will go the way of the CD. That is it will still be used and still obtainable, but SSD's will pretty much be the next big thing in storage. Breakthroughs in quantum computing will make them more valuable tools for the government and research worlds alike. 20 years from now, I can see magnetic storage going the way of floppies. No one would really use it anymore. The speeds of flash-based storage at this time will probably also make RAM obsolete. There would be no need for a separate RAM module when the seek times (non existent in flash storage) and data transfer from the storage device would be just as fast, or even faster than current RAM modules today. Quantum computing at this point will be pretty much main stream, however still insanely expensive for the average Joe. New breakthroughs in AI and robotic technology will make them very useful additions to very laborious tasks. 30 years from now, no one will be using magnetic storage, besides maintaining existing archives, which at one point will eventually be transferred onto something more stable, like crystal and holographic mediums. Quantum computing will become cheaper and more available to the average consumer. A cheap disposable cell phone will be more powerful than a small server is today. AI technology will become almost indistinguishable to their human counterpart. The concept of staring at a screen to play video games while using a physical controller will seem very dumb. Video games of this era will be more virtual reality where you control *every* aspect of your character through thought. Visuals will be so photo-realistic, one would be hard-pressed to distinguish it from reality. I know in 30 years from now, I'm going to look back and think to myself, "wow, I can't believe I thought we'd have all this cool stuff" but for now, it's fun to imagine. So what are your thoughts on future computer tech?

Quatum Computing wee!

I would guess some new form of user interface.

Guy: "Hey guys check out my new Nvidia Geforce 943593294" Other guy: "Isn't that a rebranded Nvidia Geforce 943593396"

4096-bit architecture (x4096) Processors containing 256 CPU cores on a die, each core with 32 micro cores of their own, and a 3TB L24 Cache (Socket R800). SATA dies altogether, as everything now connects via M-Sockets. M-Sockets not only hold your 768TB of QDR 8192MHz QIMMs in quintuple-channels, but also interface your holo-magna-optical drives and Samsung's PRAM storage drives. Networking evolves into Petabit Ethernet, delivering blistering speeds that won't make your Galaxy of Warcraft game lag in the slightest. Wireless lags behind slightly (As usual) with Wireless 802.11y (Yotabit speeds) Since PCIe's death, graphics cards now reside in the GIB x512 slot (Graphics Interconnect Bus).They now have a 2nm die, and connect you your holo-res display via wireless DisplayLink Technology. ....ok, so i made everything up except for Samsung's PRAM... it's being experimented with to replace flash memory. :P

Graphene CPUs.

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;16433600]4096-bit architecture (x4096)[/QUOTE] Now that sounds like a challenge :eng101:

[QUOTE=MelonGuy;16431896]Quatum Computing wee![/QUOTE] This SUPAR CONDUCTARS FTW OMGLOL

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;16433600]4096-bit architecture (x4096)[/QUOTE] That seems unnecessarily large.

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;16433600]4096-bit architecture (x4096) Processors containing 256 CPU cores on a die, each core with 32 micro cores of their own, and a 3TB L24 Cache (Socket R800). SATA dies altogether, as everything now connects via M-Sockets. M-Sockets not only hold your 768TB of QDR 8192MHz QIMMs in quintuple-channels, but also interface your holo-magna-optical drives and Samsung's PRAM storage drives. Networking evolves into Petabit Ethernet, delivering blistering speeds that won't make your Galaxy of Warcraft game lag in the slightest. Wireless lags behind slightly (As usual) with Wireless 802.11y (Yotabit speeds) Since PCIe's death, graphics cards now reside in the GIB x512 slot (Graphics Interconnect Bus).They now have a 2nm die, and connect you your holo-res display via wireless DisplayLink Technology. ....ok, so i made everything up except for Samsung's PRAM... it's being experimented with to replace flash memory. :P[/QUOTE] How bout you short them numbers out to 512byte architecture.

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;16433600]4096-bit architecture (x4096) Processors containing 256 CPU cores on a die, each core with 32 micro cores of their own, and a 3TB L24 Cache (Socket R800). SATA dies altogether, as everything now connects via M-Sockets. M-Sockets not only hold your 768TB of QDR 8192MHz QIMMs in quintuple-channels, but also interface your holo-magna-optical drives and Samsung's PRAM storage drives. Networking evolves into Petabit Ethernet, delivering blistering speeds that won't make your Galaxy of Warcraft game lag in the slightest. Wireless lags behind slightly (As usual) with Wireless 802.11y (Yotabit speeds) Since PCIe's death, graphics cards now reside in the GIB x512 slot (Graphics Interconnect Bus).They now have a 2nm die, and connect you your holo-res display via wireless DisplayLink Technology. ....ok, so i made everything up except for Samsung's PRAM... it's being experimented with to replace flash memory. :P[/QUOTE] I like everything there but holo-res... seriously holographic screens, think of it, projecting flat light there is no way to make it so that things won't get messed up, it just annoys me that people actually think that holograms are perfect, the actual 2D Flat Light ones that project actual things (not things on a glass plane) Are so glitch, there is no way to perfect them [/rant]

[QUOTE=abcpea;16433748]That seems unnecessarily large.[/QUOTE] Just like 64k of memory was all you'd ever need.

If ATi and nVidia play their cards right, GPGPU. Hopefully. OpenCL's a nice leap.

Honestly, until they find a way to prevent SSDs from having such a low amount of read/writes, they're not going to become popular for most people. Also, there's the fact that I can go out and buy a 1TB hard drive right now for below $80, where I'd spend several times that for a small fraction of the storage. Granted, prices will go down, but I can't see them dropping quickly enough.

SSD's become maintstream

[QUOTE=ReznorT;16434603]SSD's become maintstream[/QUOTE] The end is nigh! :downsgun:

3,000 Posts: :ninja:

[b] OVER 9000 [/b] Gigabyte :D [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme" - verynicelady))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=armydude359;16434999][b] OVER 9000 [/b] Gigabyte :D[/QUOTE] :frogbon: [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Why reply just to quote a tired meme" - verynicelady))[/highlight]

New version of Microsoft Sam

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_Transistor[/url] Computers will have the same dimensions as a piece of paper, and will be transparent.

Carbon Nano Tubes, and memristors, so you can boot up in 0.5 seconds, because they are like ram, but non volatile, oh, and 3D processing using fibre optics, that's a bit longer off though :D

[QUOTE=pl0xinat0r;16436035]Carbon Nano Tubes, and memristors, so you can boot up in 0.5 seconds, because they are like ram, but non volatile, oh, and 3D processing using fibre optics, that's a bit longer off though :D[/QUOTE] And the point of replacing Silicon circuitry with extremly expensive fibre optics? Fuck every sinlge wire would need it's own Rx/Tx module, so have fun with your $100,000,000,000,000 Video card

Optimized hardware (more performance, a lot less heat) and another high-level programming implimentation built on top of very poorly optimized code and other programming languages. $100 250Gb SSDs rebirth of the EISA bus.

[QUOTE=pentium;16436265]Optimized hardware (more performance, a lot less heat) and another high-level programming implimentation built on top of very poorly optimized code and other programming languages. $100 250Gb SSDs [B]rebirth of the EISA bus[/B].[/QUOTE] Why?

Once CPU power increases enough I think that real-time ray tracing will become the norm for 3D graphics.

[QUOTE=ReznorT;16436620]Why?[/QUOTE] EISA/ISA freaking ruled but motherboard manufacturers had to be a fag and replace it with something else, just like they are right now with the good old PCI slot.

Man-machine interface is perfect and seamless.

optical fiber HDDs

[QUOTE=pentium;16436884]EISA/ISA freaking ruled but motherboard manufacturers had to be a fag and replace it with something else, just like they are right now with the good old PCI slot.[/QUOTE] ...Lets not forget what they did with AGP... they killed it pre-maturely. AGP 16x was in the works when PCI-e 8x came out and everyone jumped ship, scrapping the AGP 16x project, leaving the poor AGP slot to die before it had reached it's full potential. Dual AGP slots was doable, but we never got there. -_- [editline]09:09AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Sh33p;16436952]Man-machine interface is perfect and seamless.[/QUOTE] We are not Combine soldiers. It's far from perfect, with us being humans and all...