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This post explores the current state of CPU and GPU architecture, the limitations we're facing, and the potential future developments in the computing world. It delves into topics like Moore's Law, transistor size, and the challenges of quantum effects, while also discussing the potential for new materials, manufacturing processes, and designs to overcome these hurdles. also contemplates the idea of having powerful computers as small as our phones and acknowledges the difficulties humans have in predicting the future. Let's be honest, we are starting to hit the limit of GPU and CPU architecture improvements. For those who know Moore's Law, it's an observation that the number of transistors in a computer chip doubles every two years or so. We're seeing that cards and chips don't have the same rapid improvement as they used to; for example, a CPU from 2000 and 2005 has a significant performance difference and a larger overclocking headroom. But now, look at the 13th and 14th generation Intel chips. Cards are still seeing performance improvements, unlike CPUs. I don't know when they will start to progress more slowly. How big can GPUs get? (The 40×× NVIDIA cards are massive, and if we continue like this, they'll become even bigger.) We used to have computers as large as a room that packed a few kilobytes or megabytes of power, and now we have gaming PCs in the corner of our rooms. Transistors were massive, but now they're really small—currently, they're roughly 7-10 nanometers in size, and they're on track to shrink further to 5 nanometers.. As transistors continue to shrink, they approach the scale of individual atoms. At these dimensions, quantum effects become more pronounced and can lead to issues such as quantum tunneling and increased leakage current. (Quantum tunneling occurs when electrons pass through barriers they normally wouldn't be able to), due to their wave-like properties. This can lead to increased power consumption and reduced stability in the transistors. To mitigate these quantum effects, new materials, manufacturing processes, and transistor designs are being researched. For example, Intel has been developing 3D transistor designs like FinFET and Gate-All-Around (GAA) to improve control over the flow of current in the transistors, reducing leakage and improving stability. Other companies and researchers are exploring alternative materials and technologies, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials, in an effort to create smaller, more efficient, and more stable transistors. We all know that we could get video games with life like graphics but due to limitations there needs to be some cutting edges, who knows maybe we could have a computer as small as out phones and have a beast of a power beyond our thought. We as humans are terrible at prediction even history told us so but we can only estimate. * what do you think the new Architecture would be and when it might come even though we are not looking at anytime soon. Note: this is a compilation of my thoughts and research. Do you ever get that feeling when you're on a forum from 2000-2006 and think, "Wow, this is old. This is how they thought about [***] back then"? Well, someday, someone might look at this conversation the same way, or perhaps not. Who knows?

Good Day Linus, Luke and excellent people who excellently read this excellent sentence! So I was watching the Wan Show the other day and heard Linus saying something about it taking a long time to catch up with tech for their new Labs website. It would be hard to get information on old tech and to include this in their new system would take quite a while. But I believe there is a place where allot of this information exists, where there has been consistent integrity and perhaps a style of working that LTT would align with. Now I have never gone to the forums here before today because of tweakers.net. Though Tweakers is owned by a media company I bet that for Luke and other people working on the LABS project taking over such a company could open doors they would have to spent years to open otherwise. There is allot of knowledge here and I think there are a few ways this could completely change LTT for the future. Tweakers is my main site to look into when needing any details on products, when I need parts for projects or even when I find a roadblock on one of them. If you’d be owner of both LTT and of Tweakers (which is situated in The Netherlands), you’d have a base of operations near the biggest port to Europe and if you work from that the future is endlessly interesting. Of course I am completely wish casting here and probably stupid for thinking this but the idea of having an ally overseas could create options not seen before. I suspect being owner of both without combining them could be more interesting for tax issues but I have no idea, I run a tiny company. So to Linus, Luke and other excellent people I say; Yo buy some European media outlets and embrace in excellent excellence! With high hopes and in great suspense, Harrie NoPro

Where do we think the future or the current, when it comes to dealing with public and private information or data. When less and less data is needed every year, to track, recreate, duplicate, etc. Be it your identity, creations or anything else. Like RTX remix, voice cloning, digital avatars and creating from scenes/rooms/pictures, IDs, to any form for art. Do we have to own everything per person, even if that is likely impossible like copyrighting names, or let big business claim others voice and might target yours for being similar? To generating bots on various data trying to claim "EVERY" possible range of assets or IDs, as we also see how many places that has been tricked by AI art or AI content, that some claims documents or art to be AI (even if "it's fully hand made"). Should nobody own anything at some point, will everything or a lot become public, and to where for example deep fakes is so bloated of content, you dont know what is real or fake to a point where everything is taken as "fake"?

Intel investor day With a lot of stuff being talked about and the future. Forgot that they mentioned discrete GPUs to come in Q2 instead of Q1. So notebooks and other from OEMs, will start in the end of Q1, with XESS in around the end of march (director cut, death stranding for PC) Quotes "AXG expects to ship more than 4 million discrete GPUs in 2022. OEMs are introducing notebooks with Intel Arc graphics, for sale in the first quarter of 2022" (oh god) Arctic Sound (GPU data center) Ponte Vecchio Performance Demo (GPU for complex applications) Sapphire Rapids+HBM Performance Demo Project Endgame will enable users to access Intel Arc GPUs through a service for an always-accessible, low-latency computing experience. Project Endgame will be available later this year. AI, software "Few companies are better equipped than Intel to conquer the production era of AI." https://download.intel.com/newsroom/2022/new-technologies/Intel-ai-investor-meeting-paper.pdf "Intel has unique assets and a strong, open ecosystem that gives Intel a competitive edge and an ability to disrupt." https://download.intel.com/newsroom/2022/new-technologies/Intel-software-paper-investor-meeting.pdf Future aspects, Intel https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-technology-roadmaps-milestones.html My thoughts That is some big news, and so many GPUs? seems like a lot of notebooks would be weird to see how that goes and if they hit the right market for consumers and price to performance. Not to mention all the time for drivers and various other things one would maybe need to deal with, more so with dedicated GPU's coming and if the price will be worse on other systems than on full intel build. Sources https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/resources/investor-day-2022.html

It's been a year already, and it flew away so quickly. I'm excited about the future smartphones, especially the under display camera feature. There can be a lot of minor changes in 2021 smartphones what makes new designs and possibilities. It's strange to think about that one day the today phones will count as outdated. Happy new year to everyone! What do you guys think?

Summary Deepmind posting about AlphaTensor, a new AI system to find new solutions and ways to deal with math. There is also a bunch of other AI news and many stable diffusion ones, like text to video AI from 2 groups, that is faster at generation from what it shows, allowing endless videos. Quotes My thoughts Pretty cool, to then AI the AI and more progress for AI folding and math problems. Might going to soon advance some computing tasks, + used with coding systems, maybe update math in code for games and software. (in the future) Sources Tweet + document https://github.com/deepmind/alphatensor

Hi guys. Well, life is changing (kinda). I have multiple job opportunities to strive for before me. Here they are: On my LinkedIn page (which my current employer requires we all have for business relations reasons), another IT firm/thing has sent me a message about being interested in hiring me. While this sounds cool, I've never heard of them. They are a little over an hour away, and I know nothing about any of that (their location, the people there, etc.) However, they have it on their webpage and in this message that they believe people should love where they work. That's right up my alley because that's how my current employer is and it's a generally good thing (obviously). It's 20 minutes from a relative I could stay with, and odds are, I would be paid a bit more. It's just a matter of "It's new and I have to start over being social." basically, but I get that's just part of a new job and I should get used to it. So yeah. That's one option. My ultimate problem in life is that I'm complacent. If I could just stay doing what I'm doing all my life, I'm fine with that, even with my pay. I'd live in my vehicle and sell my house if I could do so with a server and computer/connection to the internet and the basic amenities (i.e. RV) if I could. But tis life. The next option I have is to work at my step-dad's employer. They. Sound. Awesome. He actively gets bonuses (for being a good employee of course) frequently, stocks, and all sorts of bonus "reward" things. Though I'm not sure if that's just because they like him and he's good at what he does, but from what I've heard from him, that's kind of how it is for everyone at his workplace. I'd probably have to move because it's as far or further than the prior job and I wouldn't be working in the same place he does, so I can't ride with him there. I've heard the pay is good as well. The only problem is, again the "I have to be social" thing, and that I know little of what I would actually be doing. They have an IT position open (according to him), but ... that is very vague. I guess I'll just have to explore this one more. The problem with the above two things is that they are just work experience. I'd really like to go back to college at some point. Anything that helps me do that is a major plus. Which brings me to the next one: The Air Force (or other military branch). The Air Force specifically has their own college which is acredited and accepted by the southern colleges (some board thing where they all accept each other's credits and stuff). A negative is the training because it will be hard, but I am sure I can handle it, but it's a positive because I would learn a lot of useful life skills as well. A negative is I would be away from my family, but to me, that's also a positive. I think they are a bit too dependent on me to be honest. They need to sort their things out and I am not the type of person to turn down helping someone unless I have to. This would make it a "have to". A negative is that I might get paid better elsewhere, but I have 2 years of college (67 hours of credit) already and that guarantees me a promotion and pay raise when I leave basic, so it's not that big of a negative. Plus I get college credit for basic, so not much of a negative at all. Then there's the benefits of the military (insurance, pensions, that stuff). However, there is the huge negative to this that it's entirely possible that World War III will start soon. The world is just like it was before WW I & II. The US is in an isolationist mind set just like it was after the Spanish-American War. Russia is pulling some Nazi stuff with Crimea and the Ukraine. I mean really. It's not that out there that I might be deployed to a battle zone. Which, I'd accept if I were in the military, but it's something to consider. Overall, this is probably the best choice in terms of overall package. However, I may or may not be disqualified due to varying reasons. We will see. And yeah. Those are my 3 options currently. A 4th would be to stay where I am, but .... eh. That would kind of rock and suck at the same time. I love it here, but .. the pay and the career ladder aren't there. Sometimes that's worth it, but only if you are older and have the capital to take a hit in your potential pay. I'm not, and don't. What do you guys think? Any advice and/or knowledge to give? Thanks, Vitalius.

Hi, I am planning on purchasing a gaming laptop. I was concerned about How future proof would it be and its Capacity of running games in 2024. As we can see now that Gaming laptops costing 1500$ in 2012-13 can hardly play titles from 2017. I wanted to ask What specs do a laptop need so that I'd play Major AAA titles for atleast next 5 years. I have my Eyes on Acer Predator Helios 300. I haven't played major titles like AC odyssey, Horizon zero dawn, Metro exodus, Rainbow Six, COD latest titles. I know that Helios can play these games seamlessly with fully utilising the 144Hz display and 1660Ti. Alongside these titles from past 10 years which I've missed, I also want to play All latest AAA titles. I 've only played games at 30FPS so everything would be amazing to me as I've been told. Which Laptop would be best for such future endeavours ? My Budget is around 1500$. I am willing to wait but I want best possible options available now or if there are any future laptops coming which'd fit in my budget and would be able to Run Games flawlessly for next 5-6 years. Your Help is appreciated.

Is buying a quad-core with HT a mistake? Or a hexa-core with SMT for that matter? Since next generation of consoles will have 8, should gamers avoid quad and hexa cores or is the 8 core Zen 2s in the new console downclocked so much PC gamers should not even worry?

Hello, I'm building my first Rig in a while and was wondering if it's good, what would you change? M/B: Asus ROG Strix Z270E Gaming GPU: Gigabyte GTX1070 Xtreme RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB DDR4-2133 CPU: Intel Core i5 7600K CASE: Fractal Design Define R5 PSU: Corsair CX Series 550W SSD: Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB COOLER: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo Is the cooler okay for Overclocking or should I change it?

Hello Community, I would like to raise a topic about the future of desktop computers and their relationships with laptops. Currently, the usual setup for a general consumer is a desktop computer and a laptop(not talking about the 50lbs "laptops"). Usually you use the laptop when you travel and do the casual productivity tasks (and the often gaming) on it. And if you need to do more power-consuming tasks like 3D modeling or 4K 60fps gaming, you would use the desktop computer with the beefy configuration, dedicated graphics card, faster processor. But with the future of connectivity being USB Type C and Thunderbolt-3 and the high bandwidth, wouldn't the future of desktop computer being a laptop that you can carry around? In place of your usual desktop computer for heavy tasks you would find at home an external GPU, a dock for Internet and more USB, external hardrives, keyboard,mouse and monitor(s) All you'll need to do is plug in all the connectors and voilà. Laptops processors have a slower clock base, but some manufacturers(Schenker, XMG, SAGER...) allow you to choose a desktop processor therefore not having to compromise the raw power of your rig. Take a laptop with a i7 quadcore CPU and add a GTX Titan as a eGPU, and it's "pretty decent" That would justify the fact of having a 2017 Macbook Pro or the new high end laptops with only USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 and not having to compromise. What do you think?

does microsoft have a good future since google is controlling every thing now (except PC market) but google may succses with chrome os after the new good features

I'm going to buy gaming pc in the near future for around 900 euro. My current planned build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mqcmWX I know this motherboard that's currently in my build is to overkill. I got the tip to use this one instead: https://azerty.nl/product/msi/903678/h110m-pro-d-moederbord-micro-atx But does it support my cpu? It also doesn't have really alot of upgrade possibilities for in the future. Or does anyone know a better motherboard for this build? (that also is on the site Azerty) The prices aren't right on the pcpartpicker link, because i'm from europe. Here are the prices with site for my country: CPU Intel Core i5 7500 - 3.4 GHz € 221,90 MOTHER MSI Z270 SLI PLUS - Moederbord € 162,90 RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX - DDR4 € 74,35 COOLER Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo € 34,98 GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 DUAL O3G € 239,00 SSD Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E250Z - Solid state drive € 108,68 HDD WD Blue WD10EZEX - Vaste schijf € 54,61 PSU Corsair VS Series VS550 - Voeding ( intern ) € 51,95 CASE BitFenix Comrade Window - Midtowermodel € 44,97 TOTAL € 993,34

Hello everyone, As AMD has launched their new line of 8 core processors I was wondering when they will release their 6 core processor line (remember the old fx6300?) Well my pc is in need of upgrading as I currently have an Intel Core i3 4170 and it is just not sufficient enough for what I want to do. For example I want to be able to edit and stream but with the i3 streaming is not possible at all (i want to stream cs and other intensive games). Anyway I was wondering would it be wise to wait for the new line of AMD 6 core processors or should I save up for an I5 or I7? here are my current specs: Intel core i3 4170 some 1150 motherboard 1 stick of 8gb ram 1tb hdd refence gtx 960 2gb I want to be able to play games, stream and edit! Thanks,

Hello! My name is kitsou aka Alex! I'm new to the community, and i have questions because i'm planning on building a gaming pc! So first my budget is around 2250€, because i'm doing a whole setup (mic, monitor, keyb, mice, desk, chair, etc...) And i'm hoping to get good performance and esthetics. At least a bit... # QUESTIONS/ COMMENTS ABOUT COMPONENTS WILL BEGIN WITH ~ # So far i sticked to this but its a lil' bit overpriced i7-6700K (4.0GHz) ~ it's fine i guess Asus z170-DELUXE ~ does the crystal sound thing will improve all the audio? or just if i plug something into the mobos audio card? ~ is this mobo worth it with just a wifi card and audio card implemented? DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 mhz 2x8 16gb ttl CAS 16 ~ i guess its fine NZXT Kraken x62 ~ its a little bit overpriced but is it worth it? the swag? GeForce GTX 1080 ~ dont make me change that, its not gonna happen x) Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500gb ~ i just THINK that begin with a 500gb ssd for os and then buying a 1tb one is a great idea (because hdds suck ?) NZXT H440 and Corsair RM750x ~ i think the h440 is nuts insane and shit etc..., i have no clue about how psu's work so someone help me with that please windows 10 ~ #BTW# i actually want the cables to look nice so cablemod extentions included and nzxt hue+ so for now its Insanely overpriced and i want it to 2250€ / 2400 usd (aka) #OR ELSE you could post your own 2000$ build suggestions (very much appreciated) THANKS EVERYONE IN ADVANCE!

hi people looking to spend roughly £1000 uk pounds around 1200 us dollars(hope thats close) just wanting peoples feedback on which items to bundle together, play latest titles mainly and hope to game capture in the future. CASE: Bitfenix nova Midi £30 Nzxt s340 Midi £63 Phanteks enthoo pro M £70 Cpu: Amd fx 9370 £217 Amd fx 9590 £183 Intel i5 7500 £190 intel i5 7600 £209 Gpu: Evga geforce gtx 1060 ftw 3gb £200 Msi Radeon RX 470 8gb £215 Sapphire Radeon rx480 nitro 8gb £222 Psu: Evga supernova 750 modular 80+ bronze £72 evga supernova 650 modular 80+ gold £84 Corsair rm650x 80+ gold £92

In an article posted on HEXUS and the University of Victoria, Canada news page, chemists with the University of Victoria have developed a new material that will allow for the development of Light Induced Magnetoresistive RAM. Compared to the current materials and standards used in RAM, the new material and LI-RAM would consume 10% less power, operates at a faster speed, has a higher durability and generates almost no heat. From the UVic News post: http://www.uvic.ca/science/home/home/news/current/uvic-chemist-patents-energy-efficient-computer-memory.php As this points out, there probably will not be a consumer technology based on this material for about 10 years (assuming something else doesn't come along that works better) but it could be interesting to see future computer technology based on using light instead of electricity to write bits to magnetic storage. It sounds like this will allow for higher density magnetic storage as opposed to the current memory storage mediums. HEXUS Article: http://hexus.net/tech/news/ram/104695-li-ram-conducts-information-via-light-instead-electricity/

Does this seem overkill to anyone? https://pcpartpicker.com/user/GarskeJ98/saved/#view=sqcBmG

Following the appearance of Apple's self-driving car tech in California, it is now being reported that Samsung has gained permission to test it's own version in South Korea. They will apparently be using a kitted out Hyundai, making it an all-Korean project. Still not fully sure if I trust this kind of thing or not - had a few near misses just using Ford's self parking system. http://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/samsung-is-also-testing-its-own-self-driving-car-tech/

Hi! i just finished my build with my desk but it feels like something is missing and i want some suggestions to make it better, i live in sweden with ~200 US$ per month. not looking to uppgrade my pc but i might uppgrade my monitors for 3 2K monitora when they get cheaper. Im thinking of creating a pc chassi but i nees somthing that fits the over all design. i use my setup for 3d creation and ofc gaming. PS. I will put the cabels in a plastic sleeving thing so that they wont be visible!

Hi guys so i got into the Pc master race game as a broke guy, so far what i've been able to build this computer from the spare parts i found and i bought the Gpu today. I was wondering if my Pc will be future proof for at least a few years. Here are the specs: CPU: Intel Xeon CPU E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70 Ghz Boost up to 3.90Ghz http://ark.intel.com/products/75779/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1620-v2-10M-Cache-3_70-GHz GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Asus Dual Fan White RAM: Samsung 8x2 16 GB 1600 Mhz Motheboard: Asus P9X79 PRO LGA 2011 Case: Antec 300 Case with 4 Fans Power Supply: 80+ Bronze Corsair 650 Watt SSD: Intel 250 GB HDD: 2TB Western Digital I built this thing entirely from parts i could snatch from my friends for free except the GPU, I built this thing entirely myself and i know not much about it since it might be a potate and waste of effort and time. So i was wondering if you guys think it will be enough for a while. I was an Xbox One gamer but since i saw a friends 1080ti pc with 6700k i7 i kinda lost the interest in consoles entirely Have a good day //Sam

http://www.pcgamer.com/this-gtx-1080-ti-has-a-built-in-lcd-display/?utm_content=buffer7be1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer-maxpcfb I think that this is pretty neat, but I'm not sure that it's going to "replace" RGB as they seem to think it will. It would be pretty cool to see other manufacturers implement this into some of their graphics cards though. I think that it has some interesting potential.

Okay so, as the title says; I'm interested in seeing what everyone thinks of VR and where it is realistically going? Due to the fact I plan on buying a Vide next year (Or atleast, I'm thinking about it) I was talking to my friend on Teamspeak about it and it seems we're both worried it'll do what the original Kinect for the Xbox did. It'll be around for a while, it'll be in a few games but ultimately it'll die out due to either a lack of games or a lack of interest. Personally I'm scared that it'll die out in the future due to a lack of huge games which support it (I know there's a fair few, but I've not really seen any huge titles announcing support for VR) What do you all think? What do you realistically think is going to happen with VR? Will it take off, or will it be another failed technology?