02-10-2016, 04:28 PM
Hm, that makes sense, with so many more low-power applications for the CPU than a "monolithic" one that we want in our desktops. Volume is the way to go, with Intel thinking that they will always be able to charge such a premium on anything with the Intel brand on it... until ARM completely takes over the world. 
Supercomputers, datacenters, and the rest could all benefit hugely from this drastic reduction in heat output, massive power optimization while each 8-core CPU chugs along at sub-2GHz Jaguar-like clocks like the low-end smartphone chips, consuming 1W each. Intel R9 Core Nano for $699, 10x more efficient than a Maxwell GTX 750! A revolution coming up?? The PS4 and XBone revolution of low-power sloth CPUs at hardly more than half the clock speed of the previous-gen consoles!
That was the article's bottom line.. distributed computing could very well be a revolution nonetheless. That is, when gobs and gobs of bandwidth finally becomes cheap and fast and ubiquitous.
Supercomputers, datacenters, and the rest could all benefit hugely from this drastic reduction in heat output, massive power optimization while each 8-core CPU chugs along at sub-2GHz Jaguar-like clocks like the low-end smartphone chips, consuming 1W each. Intel R9 Core Nano for $699, 10x more efficient than a Maxwell GTX 750! A revolution coming up?? The PS4 and XBone revolution of low-power sloth CPUs at hardly more than half the clock speed of the previous-gen consoles!
Quote:If traditional CPU designs can’t provide additional clock speeds and next-generation technologies are aimed at lower-power computing as opposed to higher performance, than either we’re headed for a revolution in distributed computing (unlikely), or a very, very slow performance ramp.
That was the article's bottom line.. distributed computing could very well be a revolution nonetheless. That is, when gobs and gobs of bandwidth finally becomes cheap and fast and ubiquitous.