Transition of Big Form Factor to Small Form Factor

It's all about Energy and Economics.

Let me dish out a fact, first.

Do not Use Chinese DeepIn Linux.

It destroyed one of the last two IDE HDD I have.

I mounted IDE on an external case and installed DeepIn.

It booted once and did not boot again.

I tried to format the IDE and I couldn't.

It won't mount and it could be a ploy by Chinese to destroy old hardware and computers using a backend tools, unknowingly so that the user has to buy a new one.

It perhaps may be due to DeepIn's faulty GRUB.

Either way I lost one IDE even though I am going to depreciate all IDE hardware including CD/DVD drives.

My first PC of 10GB cannot be mounted Microsoft's Windows 95 destroyed it's boot record.

It looks like Chinese are taking a leaf out American Bill Gate and employing it's counter mechanisms against the American hegemony.

The other IDE of 80GB is mounted on an nice aircraft quality  aluminium external case and it has MultiSytem installed with many Linux distributions installed.

That is an entry point to to the transition of technology.

My gut feeling is Intel will discontinue Ryzen and Radeon in gradual steps.

If you are an Intel fan it is time to buy them now since there is a glut of graphic cards.

This warning is to the game players.

You should design your own game box provided you have space in your living room.

Time to design a VM Box too.

VM is graphic intensive.

This is true for AMD and NV or New Video, too.

I had a 512MB NV card and mounted it on my old PC.

It looks like the integrated graphic card of my ASUS motherboard is better and have better pixel density but I prefer lesser density of NV card since all the pictures and fonts are bigger at boot time and there is no eye strain at boot time.

I can adjust them to my needs if I desire.

I have not studied FPS, IK Resolution and Pixel density in real physiological (not in physics) terms but suffice is to say our brain can register at best 256 colours and 36 FPS at best and any advance in physics and physical dimensions of the gadget is converted to an illusion in the brain.

By the way, all digital games are an illusion of some sort.

I forgot an important point of integration of CPU and Graphic cards and heat generation in use.

Both CPU and new generation of graphic cards generate enormous amount of heat.

Choosing a proper cooling mechanism is of paramount importance and adding a few extra fans is (if the motherboard allows you) prudent.

The second point is the buss speed (may not be the correct term) of CPU should tally with the RAM speed of Graphic cards.

If not compatible these incompatibilities will effect one's gaming experience.

I leave it at that.

The buss speed of my 100 Herz per second and was not compatible with 128 of IBM server and next generation of 133 Herz per second.

I have about 20 sic RAM cards in my attic.

Consider my new NUC had 8GB RAM.

Coming to small form factor I believe Intel, AMD and NV will investigate and invest on cost of production and profit margin on the long run.

They will turn to small form factor invariably.

Mass production of them will be easy and FABs are in real demand.

The war of computer technology of America and China has already begun.

Thaiwan's silicone industry may even initiate the Third World War and it is  not certainly ny Russia.

Considering all these I bought a NUC of Intel.

Thank you Intel.

I have no money to go for AMD.

I have mounted 360GB internal and 360GB external SATA disks with my favourite Linux Distributions (unfortunately one at a time in one SATA).

Without games it is enough, till I kick the bucket.

I am thinking of buying another (one at home one on the move or fly) NUC.

Low noise and mobility are important to me in  old age.

Instead of an old USB, if I can carry my operating system in a 1 terra byte SATA is good enough for me.

I do not need these NVmew SATA disk with huge capacity which even NAS sever will envy.

I forgot another point out politicians do not care about.

We in Ceylon will buy (that include Universities and I thank God I am no longer work for universities and a free software advocate and freelancer) big form factor computers going cheap to replace our aging infrastructure with water cooling systems that cost lot more on running (with Power Cuts to deal with) costs.

They cannot even think of small form factor, low cost and low energy bills.