Can't Repeal the Law of Gravity, Either
PCWorld.com - Intel Changes CPU Road Map
Intel has announced several changes to its road map for server processors, delaying its first dual-core Itanium 2 processor and replacing a future multicore Xeon processor with a new design that eliminates the performance penalty of shared connections to a chipset.Doesn't matter. Moore's Law, like a lot of other exponential functions operating in our world today, will continue to act remorselessly.Montecito, the dual-core version of the Itanium 2 processor, will not be available in large volumes until the middle of next year, instead of the early part of next year as originally planned, said Scott McLaughlin, an Intel spokesperson, on Monday. While preliminary shipments of the processor are already under way, Intel decided to make a few changes to the chip in order to reach the company's standard for "production level quality," McLaughlin said, declining to specify the nature of the changes.
Why "remorselessly?" Because the changes as we reach and then pass the knees of these exponential curves will be incredibly destructive to The Way Things Are. And a lot of people aren't going to like that even one little bit. Or byte.
Try to guess what real estate is going to look like twenty years down the road. If you've got any ideas, post'em here. I'm interested in seeing what you think.
Comments
OK. We've come a long way in the past 5-10 years already. How many Realtors were giving FREE access to MLS search data on their personal web sites (if they even HAD a web site)? None. Today - still not all, buy many. How many real estate agents used online contracts with digital signatures to avoid the fax-back-and-forth nightmare? None. Now? Well, at least some have access to technology.
Where will we be in 10 years? My guess is a bit more, snazzy listing technologies (like using Google Earth to display homes for sale), a comprehensive, standardized MLS system for the entire country, and fewer Realtors to handle more business. Only the strong, technologically capable Realtors will survive.
Posted by: Koenig and Strey Real Estate | October 25, 2005 05:26 PM