What does Vista have to do with hardware development? Vista merely exploits hardware; it doesn't build it. If you want to measure hardware progress, you can just use some benchmarking program; you don't have to use OS hardware requirements as a proxy.
- Tom --- Charles D Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > On 01/07/07, Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> For the last several years, the limiting factor > has absolutely not been > >> hardware. > >> > >> How much hardware do you claim you need to devel > a hard AI? > > Available computing power doesn't yet match that > of the human brain, > > but I see your point, software (in general) isn't > getting better > > nearly as quickly as hardware is getting better. > > Well, not at the personally accessible level. I > understand that there > are now several complexes that approximate the > processing power of a > human brain...of course, they aren't being used for > AI development. > > OTOH, if things continue along the same curve (and > Vista appears to be > pushing the trend), then it won't be too long. A > question I wonder > about is "what's the power supply need of one of > these?", but I don't > think that answers at that fine a level are > predictable. > > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
