How Will Future Computers Be Built?
How Will Future Computers Be Built?
Thesis: SNAP: Scaleable Networks and Platforms
- upsize from desktop to world-scale computer
- based on a few standard components
Because:
- Moore’s law: 2x /18 mos.
- Standards & commodities
- Stratification & competition
When: Sooner than you think!
- massive standardization gives massive use
- economic forces are enormous
Internet 3.0 Could be the driver & switch
Notes:
One of the most exciting aspects of Internet 3.0 with lots of bandwidth and low latency is the possibility to completely re-architect computing environments based on commodity PC hardware.