We can agree/disagree all we want, I wouldn't bet any money on either "prediction" :) I can certainly expect "consumer" devices to move towards more of a silen

We can agree/disagree all we want, I wouldn't bet any money on either "prediction" :) I can certainly expect "consumer" devices to move towards more of a silent profile, but workstations will still keep aiming for as much performance as possible. Even today, witness MacBook Air vs Pro lines: Air arguably gets enough performance from very similar hardware, but... you get the point. And in your example of consoles, sure, but also take into account that 8k screens are also around the corner. Edit: even the two stages of development today involve reducing power in one phase, then pushing that model to the max through pushing the power envelope (eg. Nvidia RTX 3000 -> 4000, AMD Ryzen 5000 -> 7000...).