Comparing Computing Power Over Time
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This was originally posted in the Anything Goes Random thread but it is worthy of its own post.
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Would be nice if they included dates in with these.
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Yes that would have been nice.
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@coliver said:
Would be nice if they included dates in with these.
@scottalanmiller said:
Yes that would have been nice.
Date would be nice, but this was simply a comparison of computing power regardless of time of system release.
To me it was very interesting to see how old super computers compared against modern devices.
Usually when people put dates in they show a timeline which would make this much less interesting.
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I was really surprised that the Apple Watch is double the processing power of the iPhone 4. I had no idea it was comparable at all. That is a lot of power for a wrist device!
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@JaredBusch said:
@coliver said:
Would be nice if they included dates in with these.
@scottalanmiller said:
Yes that would have been nice.
Date would be nice, but this was simply a comparison of computing power regardless of time of system release.
To me it was very interesting to see how old super computers compared against modern devices.
Usually when people put dates in they show a timeline which would make this much less interesting.
Right, but having a scale of time would be helpful in the comparison of compute power. For instance the TMC CM2 came out in the Early 80s. (I think). We have come a long way when almost double that compute power can fit in my hand (LG G3) which was released last year. Still scale it by Compute power but put the release/creation date next the items.
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My favorite is that a Cray 2 = iPhone 4... damn if that doesn't how how much computing power we have today....
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@Dashrender said:
My favorite is that a Cray 2 = iPhone 4... damn if that doesn't how how much computing power we have today....
It is very weird thinking about major super computers of our childhood being less powerful than old phones that fit in our pocket which are half the power of a modern watch!
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@scottalanmiller Before long, our watches will just project a hologram onto our arm (http://cicret.com/wordpress/), another surface(https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/touchjet-pond-turn-any-surface-into-a-touchscreen#/story -- this one isn't a phone, but I like the concept), or into thin air for us to tap and use...
