shikamaru317 said:
Maybe not worldwide, but I bet we're close to 30% in the US now, if not already there. |
OK so coming back to reality (USA ≠ world), not sure current USA sales has such strong immediate effect on total USA install base.
Gamers likely higher than average, but still not = 30% IMHO, although clearly will reach there, perhaps even before nextgen begins... di
It still always disappoints me that even the greatest historical opportunity to converse with entire world, the internet,
doesn't dislodge the proclivity of gringos (I am one) to conflate their national reality or norms with the world as a whole.
I imagine this wasn't always true, but seems to be case post-WWII and even more so post-Soviet era, albeit US hyperpolarity seems in collapse.
Dulfite said:
I keep hearing things on this. An engineering friend of mine recently told me that pretty soon it will be impossible to shrink them further because parts of it (the chips or something on them, i can't remember) will be touching and make it unable to work properly. |
I think a better analogy is the walls getting too thin to stop leaks.
But irregardless, fixating on "shrink" ignores that other process improvements besides that are possible.
3D transistors and stacking is already a factor, that can certainly be extended, possibly to extreme lengths.
That is all only considering utilizing current silicon process, when alternatives already exist, never mind new approaches including optics.
Now those may not be conducive to career prospects for silicon engineers, but processing improvements don't have clear-cut end of road in sight.
