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This is the same 64k argument again. You don't know what is possible with more resources being made available. Eventually, people will figure out how to use t
by bducycy 3y ago
This is the same 64k argument again.
You don't know what is possible with more resources being made available.
Eventually, people will figure out how to use them.
The main issue we face is that we're not limited by the top end, we're limited by the bottom end.
Bottom end computers are still running sata and 8gb of ram. Once you see that stuff move to 32gb and 1tb nvme, you might see changes in strategy.
Games are a big one for example, those things now run multi hundred GB, SSD speeds make a huge difference in what is possible there.
Just wait til game Devs figure out how to use generative ai backed by huge models disk speed and ram will definitely play a role.
- pdimitar 3y agoThese are pure hypotheticals and as such are not interesting at all. People back then knew very well what they'd do with beyond 64K. Unlike you who is simply hand-waving this away by saying "who knows what will we use it for". You're also forgetting financials which is quite a glaring omission. Modern computer prices haven't dropped much in a while now, like 5 years or so, because the bleeding edge remains expensive. Most people are unwilling to pay bigger and bigger prices for what they perceive as the same processing power -- and their perception is largely correct because software remains the dominating bottleneck in computing power. So nope, it's not the same 64K argument again. We have companies that desperately want us to believe that we want 512 GB/s RAM modules and we should pay thousands for the privilege of having hardware that is only 0.1% likely to be utilized properly. People do get hyped up when they see these impressive numbers, yes. But when they see the prices, they suddenly get smarter.