Iviki emhlabeni we-IT: i-consoles, i-consoles futhi kanye ne-supercomputer yomhlaba wonke

Isonto eledlule ngokuqinisekile abalandeli abajabule abalindele isizukulwane esisha sama-consoles. Okokuqala, iMicrosoft yaphuma nengxenye enhle yemininingwane, ilandelwa nguSony ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva. Ulwazi mayelana nama-consoles amasha, okufanele afike esikhathini esithile phakathi nekota yokugcina yalo nyaka, luvuse impikiswano endala mayelana nokucaciswa nokuthi iyiphi imodeli ezoba namandla kakhulu kulesi sizukulwane.

Ngaphambi kokuthi sifike kuma-consoles, sekuvele imininingwane kusukela ekupheleni kwesonto mayelana nokuthi ama-SoC azayo angaba namandla kangakanani. I-Apple A14. Bambalwa abaphunyukile imiphumela kubhentshimakhi ye-Geekbench 5 futhi kubo kuyenzeka ukufunda ukusebenza okuhlobene kwento entsha uma kuqhathaniswa nesizukulwane samanje samaphrosesa atholakala ku-iPhone 11 ne-11 Pro. Ngokwedatha eputshuziwe, kubukeka sengathi i-Apple A14 izoba namandla acishe abe ngu-25% emisebenzini enomucu owodwa futhi ibe namandla afinyelela ku-33% emisebenzini enemicu eminingi. Kuphinde kube yi-A-processor yokuqala amafrikhwensi ayo angaphezu kuka-3 GHz.

Kusukela ekupheleni kwesonto, iMicrosoft yathatha phansi futhi yayikhulula i-embargo yolwazi ku-Xbox Series X yakho entsha. Ngaphezu kolwazi olusemthethweni mayelana nokucaciswa kwekhonsoli entsha, manje usungakwazi ukubona amavidiyo amaningana ku-YouTube adingida kabanzi ngehardware, ukwakheka kwekhonsoli entsha, indlela yokupholisa nokunye okuningi. Okuningi. Ngemuva kwesikhathi esithile, i-Xbox entsha izophinde ibe yikhonsoli enamandla engafaniswa namakhompiyutha amageyimu amaphakathi (yize amakhompiyutha anamuhla angamakhompyutha akudala kakhulu noma amancane). I-SoC ye-Xbox entsha izoba neprosesa engu-8-core (esekelwa yi-SMT), ihluzo ezenziwe ngomthungo ezivela ku-AMD ngokusebenza kwethiyori kwe-12 TFLOPS, 16 GB ye-RAM (ama-chips ngamanye anamafrikhwensi namandla ahlukene), i-1 TB Isitoreji se-NVMe esizokwazi ukunwetshwa “ngekhadi lememori” (futhi cishe elibiza kakhulu), i-Blu-Ray drive, njll. Ulwazi oluningiliziwe lungatholakala kokuphrintiwe ngenhla noma kuvidiyo enamathiselwe evela ku-Digital Foundry.

Ngosuku olulandelayo ngemva kwaleli bhomu lemininingwane, u-Sony wamemezela ukuthi balungiselela ingqungquthela yabalandeli, lapho kuzovezwa khona ulwazi mayelana ne-Playstation 5 entsha. U-Sony ubelokhu evala umlomo ngokuqhathaniswa mayelana nolwazi kuze kube manje, futhi abalandeli abaningi bekulindelekile. ukuhlasela okufanayo njengasendabeni ye-Microsoft. Nokho, njengoba kwenzeka, okuphambene kwakuyiqiniso. U-Sony ukhiphe isethulo esasihloselwe abathuthukisi engqungqutheleni ye-GDC. Lokhu kuphinde kwafaniswa nokuqukethwe obekugxile kakhulu ezintweni ezingazodwana ze-PS5, ezifana nesitoreji, ukwakheka kwe-CPU/GPU noma ukuthuthukiswa komsindo u-Sony akwazile ukukufeza. Abagxeki bangase bathi ngalesi sethulo u-Sony ubezama ukulungisa umonakalo owenziwe yi-Microsoft ngayizolo ngesimemezelo sayo. Ngokuya ngezinombolo, kuzoba ikhonsoli yeMicrosoft, okufanele ibe nesandla esiphezulu ngokuya ngokusebenza. Kodwa-ke, njengoba besibona empini yesizukulwane samanje sama-consoles, akukona nje mayelana nokusebenza. Ngokombono wokucaciswa, i-PS5 kufanele ngokwethiyori isalele kancane ngemuva kwe-Xbox ngokuya ngokusebenza, kodwa imiphumela yangempela izokhonjiswa kuphela ngemuva kokuhlolwa ngokusebenza.

Izinkulungwane zabantu emhlabeni jikelele zinqume ukunikela ngamandla azo e-computing ngenhloso enhle. Njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Folding@home, ngaleyo ndlela bayasiza ekutholeni umuthi wokugomela i-coronavirus. I-Folding@home iphrojekthi ososayensi base-Stanford abaqhamuke nayo eminyakeni edlule, ababengakwazi ukuthenga amakhompyutha anamandla amakhulu ukuze enze imisebenzi yekhompyutha eyinkimbinkimbi futhi enzima. Ngakho-ke basungula inkundla lapho abantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba bengakwazi ukujoyina amakhompyutha abo futhi ngaleyo ndlela banikeze amandla abo okwenza ikhompuyutha ngesizathu esihle. Njengamanje, lesi sinyathelo siyimpumelelo enkulu futhi idatha yakamuva ibonisa ukuthi yonke inkundla inamandla amaningi e-computing kunama-supercomputer angu-7 anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni ehlangene. Ukujoyina iphrojekthi kulula kakhulu, z iwebhusayithi esemthethweni udinga nje ukulanda uhlelo lokusebenza, bese ungajoyina "ithimba", khetha izinga olifunayo lomthwalo ku-PC yakho bese uqala. Ingqikithi yamaphrojekthi ayisithupha ayaqhubeka njengamanje agxile ku-COVID-19 ocwaningweni lwawo. Ababhali bavuleleke kakhulu ngokuthi amandla ekhompiyutha anikelwe asetshenziselwa ini ngempela. Vuliwe blog yabo ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthola ulwazi oluningi oluwusizo noluthakazelisayo - isibonelo uhlu amaphrojekthi ngamanye nokuthi ngalinye lihlanganisani.