Funny question...

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 9:01 am

What's after a Ghz? I mean, when I turn 65 sitting in front of my computer (if that's what we have by then) and the frequency turns .99 ghz, what's next? Anyone??

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 9:15 am

I am not sure but if I remember right it is a google and no I am not kidding just not sure.

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 11:02 pm

that would be Tgz - Tera hertz

I dont think it will happen in our life time though

Could you imagine 799 billion transistors on a .02 micron die, lol

cjinx · Post by **cjinx** » Wed Apr 11, 2001 11:12 pm

I think we will see it in our lifetime. We went from 486-1.3ghz in only what, 10 years or so? Now chip manufacturers are giving us 100mhz increments every month it seems. With technology advancing that rapidly, I think we'll see the "terahertz" barrier before us young puppies are pushing up daisies....Later

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 2:10 am

I still say it wont happen for a couple of reasons

like all other technology things pan off once the max is achieved and everything else after that is really extras - e.g. humans can only hear 16bit 44.1khz, yet companies still make 24bit and 32bit equipment, why? unless you are some audiophile, you cant really hear the difference between 16bit, 24bit and 32bit audio - theres no real need for it.

right now there is no real driving force for computing except for 3D applications, games, intensive number crunching.
a person using MS word on PIII 450, would react the same on a P4 1.3. to that person, there is no need for the extra horse power.

the same will eventually happen to video cards in a decade or so, once someone developes a 3d engine/video card capable of complete effect of realism in all aspects and becomes the standard, what would be the goal after? kit it with HDTV GTS Ultra with MTM ver2.4(mental telepathy modules) built in, lol

'Computer! Get me a beer!' Damn, still doesnt work

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 10:46 am

im hoping the cpu speed doesnt go all thta much higher and they start working o nthe other slow ass things in the puter. I mean comon a 33mhz bus? ZZZZZZZZZZ

Greg

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Fri Apr 13, 2001 2:06 am

true, i would love to see TFSB - True Full Speed Bus

Imagine that, I start an application and nothing gets bottlenecked

'Computer, Get me a beer' Damn! It still doesnt work

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Fri Apr 13, 2001 3:35 pm

I can definitly imagine it happening, but new technologoy which will be superior to the CPU will come out or some sh*t. I don't think we'll ever reach it for that one reason; something new and better will come out which will make todays CPU a lost idea.

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 9:56 pm

we won't get that high

people will realize that that high speed number isn't everything

a 100mhz computer could beat a 1.5 ghz computer.
If you run more stuff per clock cycle and all that good stuff cpus would be better... but the lower the stuff per cycle to get that nice big number.

As we all know 5 nickles is better than 1 dollar... cus 5 is more than 1.

vwkess · Post by **vwkess** » Tue Apr 17, 2001 6:57 am

I also think we won't see it. Fiber optic or organic technolgies will have progressed enough before we see tHz cpu's.

Speck102 · Post by **Speck102** » Tue Apr 24, 2001 1:46 am

If they do stick to making cpu's, which is likely since they have been for like 30 or more years, then in about 20years or less we will see those chips. To achieve the effect of total reallity, they might just need a thz pc, maybe not, but i think it will.