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[Brokun]

Stacked like a skyscraper you say?

 

[Zaptruder]

Stacked like a skyscraper you say?

So that's why it's called Skynet.

 

[serversurfer]

Incidentally, the "1000x more" efficient" claim is a combination of speed and power improvements. So it may be 100x faster while using 1/10th the power, or vice versa. I haven't seen the original paper yet though, so I can't say which.

 

[HabeeNo]

Wanna see the comparison with PS4 in Friezas and Ginyu Forces

 

[Steel]

Wanna see the comparison with PS4 in Friezas and Ginyu Forces

Let's say the PS4 is Captain Ginyu, this computer would be like a Final Stage Cell.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

According to misterxmedia and company the Xbox one's SoC is stacked and the Xbox one was beta tested in the future, thus that means the Xbox one already has this before it was invented.

 

[captain_skyhawk]

I've read so many articles like this in the last ten years that all I can do is roll my eyes at this point.

I actually read an article about quantum chips last week, pretty sure we'll never see those either.

 

[cheezcake]

According to misterxmedia and company the Xbox one's SoC is stacked and the Xbox one was beta tested in the future, thus that means the Xbox one already has this before it was invented.

XB1 currently running only 2 of its 3 dimensions confirmed. Checkmate PC gamers.

 

[Elaugaufein]

This just looks like even more parellelized computing than the current multi-core approach so barring some revolutionary breakthroughs in how to parellelise code this is far more likely to be useful for business and scientific computing than gaming. Though I could maybe see some use for physics effects if the professors are less isolated than those on say a graphics card.

 

[pottuvoi]

Only realistic way to get such an increase in performance is to get memory latency down. (Which seems to be idea of this tech.)
L2 misses are the bane of performance.

 

[Siphorus]

Incidentally, the "1000x more" efficient" claim is a combination of speed and power improvements. So it may be 100x faster while using 1/10th the power, or vice versa. I haven't seen the original paper yet though, so I can't say which.

That's exactly what I noticed too. Hopefully it's not just a 5x performance bump and 200x less power draw. While that would be great for mobile, environment, etc, there are some great NP algorithms that could use a huge performance bump in order to be realistically solvable without resorting to a lot of heuristics.

 

[MichaelFassbender]

To these sorts of claims, Mikey "F-Bomb" Fassbender sez:

"Whatever, man."

 

[pottuvoi]

That's exactly what I noticed too. Hopefully it's not just a 5x performance bump and 200x less power draw. While that would be great for mobile, environment, etc, there are some great NP algorithms that could use a huge performance bump in order to be realistically solvable without resorting to a lot of heuristics.

Power efficiency is as important for large scale systems as it is for a mobile.

 

[viveks86]

Interesting! If only research turned into mass production the same week month year decade...

 

[Tecnniqe]

Stacked like a skyscraper you say?

And so it begins