Ten minutes ago I typed into google, "computers 5 years from now", to see what I'd get. Only one forum popped up, and it dated back to 2006. So, if you're good with math, "five years from now" in 2006 would be 2011. I found it really interesting to read where people thought computer technology would be in 2011, and how accurate, and in inaccurate, some of them were.
For example, someone said, "in 5 years, 2GB is going to be the 256MB of today...just enough to scrape by on." And it doesn't get much more accurate than that haha
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So I pose the question again, in 2011, where do you think computers will be 5 years from now, in 2016?
I'll throw out a few speculations:
1) Six-core/Eight-core processors @5ghz+ will be the norm.
2) People today try to overclock their cpus to 4.5-5Ghz+, five years from now, they'll be shooting for 10Ghz+.
3) SSD's will be close to entirely replacing HDD's
4) 3D monitors will probably be the norm
5) Five years from, GPU performance will be doubled, if not more.
I'll think of more to add later, but you can see me trend here. I don't think I'm too far off in saying that computer technology doubles, or comes close to doubling, every 5 years.
What do you guys think? What are your speculations?
It will be funny to stumble upon this thread in 2016 and laugh at how off we'll probably be haha
For example, someone said, "in 5 years, 2GB is going to be the 256MB of today...just enough to scrape by on." And it doesn't get much more accurate than that haha
Thread -- http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=404412
So I pose the question again, in 2011, where do you think computers will be 5 years from now, in 2016?
I'll throw out a few speculations:
1) Six-core/Eight-core processors @5ghz+ will be the norm.
2) People today try to overclock their cpus to 4.5-5Ghz+, five years from now, they'll be shooting for 10Ghz+.
3) SSD's will be close to entirely replacing HDD's
4) 3D monitors will probably be the norm
5) Five years from, GPU performance will be doubled, if not more.
I'll think of more to add later, but you can see me trend here. I don't think I'm too far off in saying that computer technology doubles, or comes close to doubling, every 5 years.
What do you guys think? What are your speculations?
It will be funny to stumble upon this thread in 2016 and laugh at how off we'll probably be haha