Re:Led by Tesla, EVs drive chip industry's shift beyond silicon
by Corrado on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:49PM
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Yes, you're probably right. For proof we just need to look at RAM & CPU requirements for most software. As both of those components increased, the software grew to consume them. sigh one can wish, can't one?
Re:Led by Tesla, EVs drive chip industry's shift beyond silicon
by SuoDuanDao on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:00AM
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Once we all own nothing and are happy though, perhaps it will be in the phone company's interest to make their phones last longer so they can get more rental income off one asset.
Not going to happen, they'll just find a way to use more power instead. You probably noticed that for years now, phones and the like have had a fixed battery lifetime of about a day of medium use, even though battery and chip technologies have improved. I'll admit that in terms of efficiency - performance per watt - things have increased, but the goal of the phone manufacturers is not to make things last longer, it's to min/max and find a balance between battery life and power.
With current day technology you can easily make a phone that lasts for a month on a single charge, but it'd be bulky compared to what you can do with it.