GAF port: Intel: future CPUs to be slower but more efficient

[the-pi-guy]

Intel: future CPUs to be slower but more efficient - NeoGAF

Intel calls end to Moore's Law

Not just that Moore’s Law is coming to an end in practical terms, in that chip speeds can be expected to stall, but is actually likely to roll back in terms of performance, at least in the early years of semi-quantum-based chip production, with power consumption taking priority over what has been the fundamental impetus behind the development of computers in the last fifty years.

 

What does this have to do with gaming?

• Your 2600K or 5820K might last a very long time =/
• No point waiting for next CPU gen for your gaming rig unless you want future tech like Optane

[Xevross]

Intel: future CPUs to be slower but more efficient - NeoGAF
What does this have to do with gaming?

• Your 2600K or 5820K might last a very long time =/
• No point waiting for next CPU gen for your gaming rig unless you want future tech like Optane

I guess this was expected, I read a book which was saying Moore's Law wasn't going to last much longer and we'll be seeing the reality of that soon. The effects could be a lot worse than people expect.

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

I do wonder where the cell would have been if it wasn't dropped.  

[Legend]

So will I never need to upgrade my current CPU?

[ethomaz]

So will I never need to upgrade my current CPU?

It is only for the early semi-quantum CPUs... it is the biggest change in tech since CPUs was created.

After that the CPUs will start to grow... when the full migration to quantum happened you can expect something over 100x better in performance.

So for 10 years or more the performance will hold until the full quantum enters... btw it chances how software works too at the point everything will be need to rewrite in a new quantum logic.

Ohhhhhj the semi-quantum will still use the actual software logic.

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

So will I never need to upgrade my current CPU?

Not for awhile unless you want new features gated by new processors.  

[Legend]

It is only for the early semi-quantum CPUs... it is the biggest change in tech since CPUs was created.

After that the CPUs will start to grow... when the full migration to quantum happened you can expect something over 100x better in performance.

So for 10 years or more the performance will hold until the full quantum enters... btw it chances how software works too at the point everything will be need to rewrite in a new quantum logic.

Ohhhhhj the semi-quantum will still use the actual software logic.

Yeah full actual quantum computers aren't that good at traditional processing. Future computers will still need traditional CPUs and GPUs to work in tandem with Quantum Processing Units.

So these are just semi quantum where quantum understanding is used to make smaller transistors? That's cool.

Not for awhile unless you want new features gated by new processors.  

Yay!

[the-pi-guy]

It is only for the early semi-quantum CPUs... it is the biggest change in tech since CPUs was created.
After that the CPUs will start to grow... when the full migration to quantum happened you can expect something over 100x better in performance.
So for 10 years or more the performance will hold until the full quantum enters... btw it chances how software works too at the point everything will be need to rewrite in a new quantum logic.
Ohhhhhj the semi-quantum will still use the actual software logic.

There are some things that are known to be much faster on QC, but most algorithms yet have that benefit.  

[darkknightkryta]

I do wonder where the cell would have been if it wasn't dropped.  

Good and bad.  Even for today, Cell wouldn't run anything better unless it was tailored for it .  Multi-core programming never materialized.  It more or less stayed with the scientists.  This is why Bulldozer failed, and why Cell failed.  Not because their designs were bad (Bulldozer had bad ideas, but all in the name of cores), multi core programming just never took off.  Though it's starting to take off now.  So I would suspect Intel is going to start making 8 core processors affordable for the consumer level soon.  We're more or less today, at the software level, where we needed to be 8 years ago.  I still say light processors should have been invested in.