Are processors the most advanced human technology?
Are processors the most advanced human technology?
Austin Smith
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Adam Stewart
Nah I'd say rockets are. Any gook can put together a processor but they all have real trouble building ballistic missiles.
Jaxson Cooper
Missiles are crude, they don't showcase manipulating matter to an extent shown by processors, and are actually controlled by processors.
Jason Roberts
MRIs are objectively the most advanced piece of technology.
Wyatt Ward
I'd still say processors are more advanced. I think it's much more technically impressive to design a processor from scratch than a rocket. The later is just a lot more expensive to build due to raw material and fuel costs.
Just because it's cheap to mass manufacture once you have a design and the fact that everyone has one makes it seem more mundane.
Caleb Wood
Actually, I take that back. Just looked it up and fuel is like 0.5% cost of a launch.
I guess precision engineering for rockets is impressive, but a lot of the control systems and stuff are done with processors anyway.
Oliver Parker
right now GPU are most advanced, they left CPUs in the dust like 10 years ago.
high end 8 core intel CPU 250 gflops
high end GPU 15000 gflops
you're welcome.
Robert Bell
what about AI?
Jace Hernandez
I mean, technically, you could argue that a computer, which integrates a CPU, is more "advanced" than the CPU itself.
The same logic can be applied to CPU's themselves. Are integrated circuits the most advanced technology? Is semiconductor doping the most advanced? What about PCB printing, etc.
You could argue it endlessly because the level of complexity of that "technology" is set arbitrarily by the individual.
Caleb Butler
big reason for that huge cost is that many rockets are made one by one, where processors can be put into production and mass produced.