On 2018-01-27 8:16 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: > Three ‘computing’ events are happening: > > > > 1) The i-Pad ... > > > > 2) Bitcoin mining – The energy usage is extreme because of GPUs. Was > 16-bit computer era, employing the 80287, such an energy hog?
It's extreme because proof-of-work is required, and so the more machines you have doing the work (= the more energy expended), the quicker you can mint fantasy money. (Using GPUs actually does much _more_ work per Watt than other means, so they can't be blamed for this waste.) We usually try to _minimise_ the work in everything else we do with computers... and designs requiring proof-of-work don't seem sustainable. > > > > 3) INTEL doesn’t seem to have been hurt by Meltdown & Specture > financially- speaking. Its CEO sure wasn't, personally. --Toby > Had excellent earnings and profits for the last > quarter but ‘may’ change this quarter. However, INTEL marches on going from > 4004 to 7980XE. AMD was/in the picture but financially-wise… > > > > Happy computing all! > > > > Murray J >
