Why PS3 should probably have a longer Life span than PS2. (Just an Opinion)

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Squilliam said:

KBG29 said:
@Squilliam

When PS2 came out a 1Ghz CPU was fast a mind blowing acomplishment.
When the PS3 came out a 500MHz GPU was hot shit.
Processors will easly hit 4, 5, and 6GHz in time with die shrinks, and increases in cooling tech, along with better pipe design, and more.

I am talking about a console to arrive in about 2015. The numbers I stated may look like a joke to the PC crowd by then.

CPUs and GPUs don't just increase in clock speed because they can, they increase their clockspeed if they are designed to operate at said speeds. Both GPUs and CPUs have been trending towards longer pipelines which means that as a whole their clock speeds will not increase. You need short pipelines to increase clock speed quickly.

 

Are you sure about that? I know that for CPUs, it's easier to increase clock rate with long pipelines (for example, Pentium 4). Is it the opposite for GPUs?