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When gas prices went up in the 70s because of fuel shortage, smaller (more fuel efficient) cars became more popular to use less fuel to do the same thing. I won
by wkjagt 2mo ago
When gas prices went up in the 70s because of fuel shortage, smaller (more fuel efficient) cars became more popular to use less fuel to do the same thing. I wonder if the same will happen with compute, by making software more efficient, and do the same thing with less compute.
- sdsdssweew213 2mo agoI bet everyone will soon use a thin client with 4GB of RAM, and all the compute happens in the cloud of some American corporation you pay subscription fees to.
- OGWhales 2mo agoI can see that happening, though that sounds pretty bleak
- Ekaros 2mo agoAnd that will probably fail. I don't think on average companies are capable anymore to deliver software that can operate on only 4GB... Even if everything but presentation layer is cloud based...
- wkjagt 2mo agoYou're probably right. On my 7th gen i7 with 16 GB, which should theoretically be plenty to check my email, GMail's web interface is very slow.
- zehaeva 2mo agoThe only thing I really hope for if this continues for an extended period of time is everyone optimizing their programs to use a minimal amount of ram.
- maxerickson 2mo agoFor the companies doing massive build outs, there's already significant pressure to improve effectiveness and efficiency.