well......OK....so I WAS a little higher than this but you get the idea

Cheers,

JJ

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
Sent: Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:32 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [EE:] Voltage regulator for 3V - 30V input to 3V or 5V


> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Paulo H. Castro
> Sent: 29 April 2017 03:37

> Hi Paul,
> You're a man from the furture. Can you please tell me what is the spec of
> the PC you're using on that year. I really what to know it because I read
> from a newsletter that Microsoft's Bill Gates have recently share his view
> of PC at the time about 2017.


In 2017 we can expect PCs (in whatever form they come) to have about 250
times as much of everything as now. That includes on line memory (aka RAM),
mass storage and processing bandwidth. Moore's law, while originally
intended to predict only transistors per IC, has done an excellent job of
also predicting all of the above. Coms speeds may not follow Moore's law.

Ratio = 2^(Years/1.5)
here years = 2017-2004 = 13
13/1.5 = 8.125 ~=8
2^8 = 256 = multiplication factor in technology level.

So thats 3GHZ x 250 = 750 Ghz
1 GB RAM x 250 = 250 GB RAM or equivalent
200 GB HDD x 250 = 50 Terrabyte mass storage

Bring it on :-) !

For those who feel this is ludicrous, consider what you would have thought
about today's systems in 1991


        RM

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