Re:SK hynix begins offering samples of 176-layer NAND chip (...
by retSava on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @03:35AM
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Also reacted on that. "What's better than 3D? 4D!" :)
Reminds me of the alleged story about Xbox naming schemes. IIRC, Xbox was introduced when Playstation 2 was in stores. Then came the Playstation 3, but you can't sell an Xbox 2, since 2 is lower than 3 and thus must be worse, right? And Xbox 3 or 4 wouldn't make sense since there wasn't an Xbox 2.
So they named it Xbox 360 to bypass that problem.
But then what, Xbox 720? Xbox 361? Of course a new naming scheme had to be devised -> Xbox One. Then Xbox One X, and now Xbox Series X (and S).
Kinda funny how that seemingly small thing escalated to what seems like a series (ha) of workarounds to that initial problem.
Reminds me of the alleged story about Xbox naming schemes. IIRC, Xbox was introduced when Playstation 2 was in stores. Then came the Playstation 3, but you can't sell an Xbox 2, since 2 is lower than 3 and thus must be worse, right? And Xbox 3 or 4 wouldn't make sense since there wasn't an Xbox 2.
So they named it Xbox 360 to bypass that problem.
But then what, Xbox 720? Xbox 361? Of course a new naming scheme had to be devised -> Xbox One. Then Xbox One X, and now Xbox Series X (and S).
Kinda funny how that seemingly small thing escalated to what seems like a series (ha) of workarounds to that initial problem.