Next Gen Tech (NGT): STORAGE

[Pemalite]

Intrinsic said:

Pemalite said:

Keep in mind that Intels 14nm is NOT the same as TSMC's/Global Foundries/Samsung/IBM and so on's 14nm.
They are using the "nm" as a marketing gimmick and isn't really representative of geometry sizes.

 

For real???? And they let intel get away with that? I mean I have always kinda been suspicious of intel; like how can they just be so far ahead of everyone else, but now I am livid.

Sigh, they do have some really interesting tech in the pipeline though....

I meant that all of these fabs are using "nm" as a marketing gimmick.

Intel is actually ahead by TSMC, Global Foundries, Samsung and IBM and all other fabs... And by a significant margin at the same "nm" fabrication size.


I think it's really a testament to AMD though that Ryzen is able to compete as well as it does despite that manufacturing disadvantage they have, which is likely the main reason why they aren't able to crack that 4Ghz barrier.

EricHiggin said:

 If PS5 launched in 2020, and PS could use a 4TB HDD, that only cost them $30 per unit, would they use it? No, because that HDD would be so slow it's not funny, not to mention 5 or 6 years down the road. Waiting until some of the newer tech has come down into console price range, is what would be necessary, so you either launch PS5 sooner, or you launch another PS4 with the same old tech on a smaller node, and wait a little longer.

A 4 Terabyte Hard Drive doing 200MB/s+ sustained with a small 500MB/s cache drive isn't what I would consider slow for next gen consoles.

Fact is... Mechanical disks are here to stay, they are economical for the short and long term.