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Excellent Article Murph.
Just reflecting on what you said my gut reaction is that the cell CPU holds the most promise for some incredible processing power increases. I agree in order to use it the programming model must be changed, but I don't see that as a horrible thing.

I have often thought about how much we have learned about computing in every respect over the last 30 or so years and how with a clean slate we might design a new platform.

If you think about it, the PC was born and it's traits cast in stone a couple decades ago and we carry the legacy burden of it today. Two decades later I believe we have to have a much better idea of both what is possible and how to go about making it happen than we did then. Think about it, would you design "tomorrows" PC with a parallel and serial port from 20 years ago? Of the software (OS API) to use it, or the drivers to make it happen, etc. I sure wouldn't.

The other thing I wonder is this. The computer industry constantly surprises me and everyone else *something* from out of nowhere that sets it on it's head. Given the constraints and longevity of our current platforms (and software) it would not surprise me if it was time for the next disruptive technology to burst forth.

I haven't kept up on it but there has been quite an effort to have multi-state gates (more than just 0 - 1) in the CPU and bus, there is a an obvious huge potential in that. Other projects include things like a light based CPU and memory, bio based (implant the ultimate man machine interface) electronics, etc.

Will one of these change every thing? Maybe, maybe not, but I am betting something does...
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Remarkable  Anton Philidor | 09/13/05
The downside of building ecosystems.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/05
No they went with a multi-core PPC.  Richard Flude | 09/13/05
Slip of the tongue (fingers).  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/05
When are people willing to "make the leap"?  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
Not the way it will happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/05
Makes sense.  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
Most interesting analogy that can be expanded.  Zinoron | 09/14/05
Why diminish?  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
My two cents to this...  jmills@... | 09/13/05
Expect bloat.  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
Yes, at best vista is NT 6.0  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 09/14/05
Excellent Article Murph.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/05
Doesn't sound that monumental  Richard Flude | 09/13/05
Is that a future or a predicted demise?  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
Yet to be seen  Richard Flude | 09/14/05
Nope, SPARC will be aorund long after x86 is gone  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 09/15/05
Thoughts  Roger Ramjet | 09/14/05
hang in there, there are surprise coming  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 09/14/05
People whose projects have been failing...  Anton Philidor | 09/14/05
Success? Those guys?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 09/15/05
If I were to place a 10 year bet...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/19/06
SO that's the future?  TonyMcS | 05/16/06

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