In the real world, I work as a data and systems architect. A client surprised me this week by asking for a “10 year architecture plan” to include detailed hardware specifications. I found this interesting as we usually don’t venture more than five years into the future and in a scenario like this will specify the latest and greatest in server technology making sure the hardware has room for expansion. We can usually specify three to five years but without a crystal ball it’s difficult to know or even guess where processors, storage and especially motherboard technology will be ten years from now.
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Once upon a time there lived a PC who killed video cards. He was a nice, quiet PC, middle aged and had always performed his duties well. At some point he changed though. He went through several video cards without regard to brand or price and eventually a lengthy investigation uncovered the defect in him responsible. It was his power supply…..
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