andrew_nixon
Chairman of Selectors
The above picture dates from 1956. It is the first computer to ever have a hard drive. The hard drive weighed a ton, and held a massive 5MB of data.
How things move on.
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The above picture dates from 1956. It is the first computer to ever have a hard drive. The hard drive weighed a ton, and held a massive 5MB of data.
sid_19840
International Coach
Agreed.But does any of you think that we'll reach a point from which the next generation instead of improving in technology,actually goes down in it.It might sound strange at first ,but we all know that everything has a peak and there might be a downfall at some stage.
.::Stevo::.
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Imagine what your Ipod would of looked like back then...LOL
blackleopard92
Panel of Selectors
and how about the famous saying by bill gates
"640kb ought to be enough for everybody"
only he himself knows the suffering of making limiting statements in Computing world.
don't think anybody else has been mocked in the way bill gates was..... except G.Bush of course
"640kb ought to be enough for everybody"
only he himself knows the suffering of making limiting statements in Computing world.
don't think anybody else has been mocked in the way bill gates was..... except G.Bush of course
DJ Ager
International Cricketer
My dad remembers computers where you had to put paper with holes in to program them. How much things have moved on!
blackleopard92
Panel of Selectors
your dad remembers..... I use them, even now! (in clg, ofcourse)DJ Ager said:
they are called dot matrix printers, and aren't exactly obselete....
andrew_nixon
Chairman of Selectors
blackleopard92 said:
Might want to read that again Leo.....DJ Ager said:
DJ Ager
International Cricketer
Apparently they were big ones which took up a lot of room.
embi
International Coach
sid_19840 said:
Apparently we are approaching the limits of silicon, and scientists are trying to find a new material. Hopefully they do this before Intel bring out a 64 Core processor!!!
Kshitiz_Indian
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Very Right. Silicon being a semi conductor , becomes too impure to function when too much impurities are mixed. Therefore scientists are finding out new semiconductors and testing them , although they cant find matches. Imagine the silicon valley as " Semiconductor Valley " LOL
DJ Ager
International Cricketer
Kev said:
My dad remembers when they weren't obselete
blackleopard92
Panel of Selectors
hmm, my bad...andrew_nixon said:
kshitiz said:
wrong.totally wrong.Silicon isn't a semicondutor, it is a raw material used to manufacture semicondutors.and it's limitations isn't related to impurities(
).one needs the knowledge of quantum mechanics to understand limitations of silicon based semicondutors.however, it can be crudely explained.
here it goes:
circuits are "engraved" on silicon wafers by the use of lasers.the 65mm(conroe, nvidia7xxx lineup) , 90 mm (ATI 1xxx) , 110mm fabrication processes etc specify the size of lasers used to "engrave" the circuits onto the wafer.
however, to fabricate with a laser size smaller than 65 mm is a complex problem.because the size of atom becomes important as the size of laser becomes smaller.hence quantum effects has to be taken into account.
these effects lead to, among other things "short circuiting" of those super close wires.
the only hope for Semicondutor fabrication is nano-technology based fabrication.in it, the circuit is shrunk to make it atomic sized.eg, wires are atoms forming a liner chain, and many more things.
nano technology is currently limited to test labs( or maybe defence) but it might take about 10 yrs to become fully mainstream.
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