Ask HN: What are some “10x” *hardware* product innovations you have experienced?

Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” *hardware* product innovation... by __d on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:40AM (#26486612)

My first computer had a 2MHz CPU; my current has roughly 4GHz (2000x faster).

My first computer had an 8 bit CPU; my current has 64 bits (8x, so ... could try harder :-)

My first computer had a single core; my current has 16 cores (so 16x).

My first computer had 32KB RAM; my current has 32GB RAM (so, 1,000,000x).

My first computer with a hard drive had 30MB; my current has 32TB (so, roughly 1,000,000x)

My first computer had 640x400 pixels (kinda); my current has dual 3840x2160 pixels (so ... 32x)

My first computer network was 1Mbps Ethernet; my current has 10GbE (so, 10,000x)

10x? That's nearly nothing ...

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Re:Ask HN: What are some “10x” *hardware* product innovation... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:26PM (#26496365)

I think the 10x means an immediate 10x over the competition rather than moores law doing its thing. For example the apple m1 might be this (I’m not an expert). 10x might mean in terms of perceived value not just raw metrics. The idea is that you kill the competitor immediately because it’s so good. It’s like why get a taxi when Uber is cheaper, comes quicker, doesn’t rip you off by going the long way and has an app (taxi companies had to catch up on the app part). Subjectively that’s 10x taxis!

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