rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:
> 340M? There's cards with 1GB of superfast videoram now.  Quite a trend
especially when considering the wattage required for GPUs that exceed all
but the most modern CPUs in transistor density and number.  (Have you
readabout IBM's latest super computer combining CPUs and "cells"
similar to that in Sony's PS3?) 
>
>   
Sony's PS3 uses the IBM PowerPC processor (as does the MS X-Box-360 and 
the new Nintendo games console by the way), so cell based processing 
seems to be the direction for more and more CPU power.

The down side is the power consumption. Where 150W PSUs seemed to be the 
norm for many years in PCs, 800W+ ones are now not unusual.

And for all that extra power input are we really getting more 
productivity ? I think not, we're just damaging the environment more.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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