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> But CPUs are maxed out for now, I think, so I'd expect that the current cycle will be a long one. CPUs in the future may be a mixed bag, there may be differe
by bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y ago
> But CPUs are maxed out for now, I think, so I'd expect that the current cycle will be a long one.
CPUs in the future may be a mixed bag, there may be different coprocessors, but integrated in the same physical chip - more advanced SoC. At least this picture is what I find to be the most convincing after the end of exponential scaling by Moore's Law.
- cryptonector 7y agoHeat dissipation is an issue.
- bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y agoYes. It is already an issue of AVX2, which has the hilarious problem that the user must try finding a net performance gain between speeding things up and heating the CPU into thermal-throttle... But I think if an on-chip coprocessor can offload a common task and making it more energy efficient, the thermal issue can be avoided. We've already seen successful applications of cryptographic instruction sets / coprocessors, video transcoding, and the number can only get bigger.