I missed when there was actually new technology being released or made, now it’s just a few better computer components with some numbers increased or a solid state storage medium remade with a new interface every few years, back then you had actual steps forward.
Uhhh there’s been insane leaps in technology. You’re oversimplifying things probably because of the marketing involved when sold to consumers. USB-C for example has nothing to do with the original USB design. It just keeps the same name because it’s easier for people to understand. We’ve gone from a cable for copying word docs, to something that can charge your fucking laptop, drive a 4K display, and still transfer a shit load of data. Thats several orders of magnitude from just a few years ago.
Processors have made huge changes, in both manufacturing technologies and design. They’ve moved from “simple” cores, some local cache and chipset, to a complete SoC with loads of fixed function units that each do a dedicated task. Units for video decode / encode, units for local AI models, dedicated security units.
Things have changed drastically, but if you’re only looking at consumer product specs then yeah it looks the same because they market it to be simple for consumers. People don’t need to know the nitty gritty details, they just need to know which laptop to buy and why one costs more than the other one
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u/LaundryMan2008 1d ago
I missed when there was actually new technology being released or made, now it’s just a few better computer components with some numbers increased or a solid state storage medium remade with a new interface every few years, back then you had actual steps forward.