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Originally Posted by bojan
By 100x bigger I meant 100x larger in amount of memory and speed requirements, both HD and RAM (yes, 1000x more features.. But at the end of the day, PC will again need couple of minutes to wake up, and the operator will still have to wait for computer, and not the other way around. And this will be only because the higher speed will allow larger OS.. End result is still the user frustration)
What I am trying to say, it is not the HW that is limiting the performance of today's computers - transputers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer) were available on the market 20y ago, but noone knew how to use them properly (lack of compilers).. so they sort of disappeared, to be replaced by easier to use and faster processors.. faster but still just Von Neumann concept.
Perhaps the lack of competition is partly to blame (essentially only one OS and only one processor manufacturer dominating the market... I don't want to mention names here :-) |
I worked on the OS for the Atari Transputer project.. yes, Atari of all people designed a working Transputer all those years ago, and yes, the major challenge was harnessing the power.