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I think it's underappreciated just how fast computers have gotten in the last few years. Things that required a small data center in 2003 can be done on a PC o
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
I think it's underappreciated just how fast computers have gotten in the last few years. Things that required a small data center in 2003 can be done on a PC or workstation today. Enterprise SSDs are super cheap too.
- RetroTechie 3y agoYeah, that's a special feature of IC's: one of few things that get better & better as they get smaller. By almost any measure.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThe 2010s were also a bit of a lost decade in PC CPU innovation given AMD's floundering keeping up with Intel, and Intel's consequent permisson to rest on their laurels.