Re: 6502 illegal opcodes questions

[bieling@terra.es (Jorge ChB)]

mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that extremely cheap machines can manipulate high definition AV
> content in better than realtime, we're running out of reasons to make
> faster machines. 
>
> This is a good thing, in many ways.

Wow wait !
What are you saying ?
A good thing in what way ?
More MIPS + less Watts + smaller.
That's what hardware designers are after and will always be after.
That's been the key to now-possible before-unthinkable everyday things
like mobiles, ipods, psps, palms, dvb tv, ABS, EFI, portables, google
earth, WIFI, etc etc. A microprocessor everywhere.
And that's the key to many unthinkable wonderful new inventions that
have to come yet and won't be possible unless the hardware keeps
evolving == (More MIPS + less Watts + smaller)

The only lack "of reasons to make faster machines" I can think of comes
from the fact that the software is evolving at a so *much* slower pace
(than hardware)...
Voice recognition ?
"Artificial Intelligence" ?
User (human) interface ?
etc... :-(
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Jorge Chamorro Bieling