PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I’ve long thought that I’d be ok with performance staying the same for the next decade or so if it meant a much bigger focus on power efficiency. I guess we’re already kinda seeing that, but most of the time the efficiency gains are only used as a way to improve performance for the same power budget.
I dunno. Maybe we’re already getting what I’m asking for, but it really doesn’t feel like it.
iloveDigit@piefed.social 14 hours ago
Why more power efficiency than we have today?
It will be useful for stuff like generating videos, but I would put the focus on more efficient software for that
Not that power efficiency should stop, just that I have no reason to pay for R&D to improve it when I can just buy a device with a big chip and a big battery
PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 10 hours ago
I’m thinking more from the consumer side. I grew up with a proto-PDA that ran on CR2032’s and lasted for a month of steady use, and I miss those days.
iloveDigit@piefed.social 7 hours ago
So what would make sense is a bigger battery and more efficient software
CR2032’s aren’t lost technology beyond the power efficiency of what we make today…