people have been saying that for years too. and they are always wrong. there are two things you are not considering: 1) that web browser or tablet still has

people have been saying that for years too. and they are always wrong. there are two things you are not considering: 1) that web browser or tablet still has to connect to a server that does the real work of the application and 2) the CPU needs of speech recognition, computer vision, and search are limitless. you seem to admit that when you say "they'll always have machines" but it's not "they" it's everyone. and FYI the chip industry has focused on efficiency since around 2000. the Atom line and ARM are not accidents.