Whats gonna be the next big thing?

[kidrock540]

ok so i would guess the AMD 64 pit processor is the best thing out now..what do u think will be next? intels EE? prescott? a new revolutionary video card?!

 

[Asus]

Probably PCI express video cards (the next ones).

 

[No Limit]

I have a link to an article where they were able to produce diamonds in a labratory, once I find it I will post it here. This basically means that you can have cheap diamonds so you can use them for computer chips. Since diamonds can take more heat than almost anything else you would be able to have processors at unbeleivable speeds.

 

[kidrock540]

hmm wonder when we will be seeing those

 

[No Limit]

Originally posted by kidrock540
hmm wonder when we will be seeing those

Probably a while from now but it will turn computer gaming into something unimaginable.

 

[kidrock540]

whats this "quantum" computer i hear about..what is that?

 

[chu]

Flux capacitor?

 

[Brian Damage]

Quantum computers can basically use the same set of nanoscopic components to perform many different operations at the same time, via quantum effects. You probably won't see them in a desktop computer for a long time.

 

[dawdler]

PCI Express is the closest of them I think... Since those mobos will totally alter the way the mobo is layed out, it is a big thing. Along with an R4XX being twice as fast as the current cards (of course, only a rumour), that should be nice

 

[oD1Nz]

I'm going to have to agree and say PCI Express as well.

Its such a breakthrough in bandwidth technology we shouldn't have to upgrade too soon unless they f00k something up...

 

[Fat_Bob]

Hmmm... Wondering if PCI-express cards and the new moos will be Expansive.. *Horror*

 

[SidewinderX]

PCI Express is prbabley the next big thing, but i htink the next BIG Thing will be asyncrounous comps.

 

[jonbob]

Asynchronous? Please explain.

I'm rather excited about that Israli optical DSP personally. That and either Longhorn or Marklar (if it ever surfaces)

 

[VBN]

Sliced bread....oh damn they already done that. Ok PCI Express then or warp drive

 

[SidewinderX]

Originally posted by jonbob
Asynchronous? Please explain.

well without getting too technical, the computer runs in cycles (thats how we gauge mhz). The cpu is sysrouncous so every "node" runs a "process" every 1 second (in relaity it is much miuch faster than this, jsut making up numbers on the spot). No matter how much actual time it takes, it waits to fill it's time slot before doing soemthing else.

An Asynchronous processor would have "nodes" that only use as much time as is needed to run the process. Then it would imeaditly start doing it's next thing, and not have the "down" time between cycles.

 

[Hudson]

sounds like it would be much more efficent Sidewinder

 

[kidrock540]

the big question...

when do you think we will see actual 4D not some cheap 3d crap but i mean something similar to the matrix (not really but a simulation just like it) that looks feels and smells just like the real world

my guess...100-500 years

 

[Shuzer]

Originally posted by kidrock540
the big question...

when do you think we will see actual 4D not some cheap 3d crap but i mean something similar to the matrix (not really but a simulation just like it) that looks feels and smells just like the real world

my guess...100-500 years

No way, that's probably within 50 years.. my guess would be 20 years at least, 50 at most (with a strong emphasis on 20)

Until then, go play those cheesy $10-a-pop virtual reality games where you have to wear that cheesy looking helmet lol

 

[kidrock540]

Originally posted by Shuzer
No way, that's probably within 50 years.. my guess would be 20 years at least, 50 at most (with a strong emphasis on 20)

Until then, go play those cheesy $10-a-pop virtual reality games where you have to wear that cheesy looking helmet lol

haha yea i know what ya mean i hate those little 10 dollar black and white things..but u really thing within 20 years we will have something SO real and im not talking pretty good im talking 100% couldnt tell the diffrence between life and VR but yea i would say 30 years it would be out and within 50 it will be all the mainstream...man the world these days

 

[Shuzer]

Originally posted by kidrock540
haha yea i know what ya mean i hate those little 10 dollar black and white things..but u really thing within 20 years we will have something SO real and im not talking pretty good im talking 100% couldnt tell the diffrence between life and VR but yea i would say 30 years it would be out and within 50 it will be all the mainstream...man the world these days

Maybe 20 years is a bit too optimistic, but I still think within 50 years, a holodeck type thing should be available (whether it's mainstream, or not)

 

[babywax]

I saw a thing on the discovery channel about detecting neurological signals through fingers. They made a game with it (some crappy looking snowboarding game) where you didn't do anything but think to move the snowboard. Of course you had to train yourself to alter your brainwaves correctly, but just think about how much more control you could have than with a keyboard.

 

[Shuzer]

Originally posted by babywax
I saw a thing on the discovery channel about detecting neurological signals through fingers. They made a game with it (some crappy looking snowboarding game) where you didn't do anything but think to move the snowboard. Of course you had to train yourself to alter your brainwaves correctly, but just think about how much more control you could have than with a keyboard.

I also heard that they did this with a monkey.. they taught him to use a joystick, studied its brain waves, then "hotwired" its brain, so to speak.. and it was able to play the game with its mind, without the joystick

Sounds pretty cool

 

[babywax]

Yeah
Who knows how far off it is though

 

[NSPIRE]

That's pure craziness... but a hella good idea if and when they ever perfect(ed) it.

 

[pHATE1982]

Originally posted by Shuzer
Maybe 20 years is a bit too optimistic, but I still think within 50 years, a holodeck type thing should be available (whether it's mainstream, or not)

Within 50 years i agree there will possibly be the technology to be able to stand there and experience a "scene" as if u were actually standing there, but probably without most of your sences.

However to move around, and actually believe you are walking is another matter. And bloody dangerous as well. Most of your brain would have to be wired up into a computer in order to experience sences. This is along way off... if it can ever be possible...

 

[babywax]

Nope, just have to wire your spinal cord. And all that bullplop in the matrix isn't true, even if you THINK you die, your body won't just 'die,' neither will your brain.

 

[Brian Damage]

Originally posted by jonbob
Asynchronous? Please explain.

I'm rather excited about that Israli optical DSP personally. That and either Longhorn or Marklar (if it ever surfaces)

Marklar!?! I'll Marklar my Marklar before Marklar comes out, which I predict will be on Marklar the Marklar of Marklar, Marklar.

 

[SidewinderX]

Originally posted by |CC|Hudson
sounds like it would be much more efficent Sidewinder

It would be, however, it goes against everyhting we know about in computer engenieering. Whci his the issue

 

[OCybrManO]

I think the biggest potential gain in the next 5 years could be the use of carbon nanotubes (if that scientist actually gets them working as room-temperature superconductors in 1 year like he says)...

Think about where computers could be if they didn't have heat limitations... and that's what superconductivity would allow.

If that doesn't pan out, then I would say PCI Express.

 

[NSPIRE]

Sorry for soundin' dunce... but uh, PCI Express? Care to explain a little bit in-depth?

 

[The Dark Elf]

All these next big things sound really cool. But the next big thing I'm looking forward to is a computer that works how its supposed to. What do you think, 100-500 years for that?

 

[Faravid]

Originally posted by SidewinderX143
well without getting too technical, the computer runs in cycles (thats how we gauge mhz). The cpu is sysrouncous so every "node" runs a "process" every 1 second

You're referring to a processor that runs 1Hz.

 

[Faravid]

Originally posted by Fenric1138
All these next big things sound really cool. But the next big thing I'm looking forward to is a computer that works how its supposed to. What do you think, 100-500 years for that?

Never ever, pieces of plastic and metal aren't perfect, nor are biological beings, nothing is perfect, never ever.

 

[OCybrManO]

We would have to start over from scratch to build computers that work perfectly... and it would take way too much time and money for anyone to actually try it.

Instead, we will just keep trying to get what we have working as well as possible.

When I said PCI Express would be the next best thing it was mostly a joke because PCI Express just brings AGP (and faster) speeds to expansion cards other than video cards (which, right now, are the only ones that need that kind of speed anyway).

Actually, the nearest "next big thing" I'm looking forward to is the CS301 chip that promises to bring the calculation capabilities of supercomputers to PCs at an affordable price in the form of an expansion card.
Maybe these would benefit from PCI Express...

 

[crabcakes66]

Originally posted by OCybrManO

Actually, the nearest "next big thing" I'm looking forward to is the CS301 chip that promises to bring the calculation capabilities of supercomputers to PCs at an affordable price in the form of an expansion card.
Maybe these would benefit from PCI Express...

Very interesting stuff.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Originally posted by OCybrManO
Actually, the nearest "next big thing" I'm looking forward to is the CS301 chip that promises to bring the calculation capabilities of supercomputers to PCs at an affordable price in the form of an expansion card.
Maybe these would benefit from PCI Express...

damn that sounds good


but could it run DoomIII?