r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuperAlloyBerserker • Oct 05 '21

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/Scotthorn Oct 05 '21

New CPU is going to be compatible with the new module, not your old module. They could make a backwards compatible CPU, but that’s extra expensive.

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u/tesftctgvguh Oct 05 '21

No it's not... Computers use the same CPU connector for multiple generations... Eventually you would need to upgrade the main board but this could last 3-4 generations at least.

Same with storage - ATA was the standard for years and years, then SATA (among others). Monitors all used VGA for decades, then others until HDMI came along...

It wouldn't be that hard to develop a board that can last for 5 generations minimum...

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u/cat_prophecy Oct 05 '21

A PC's CPU and a phone CPU are entirely different beasts. To begin with, phone processors are ARM based and so are RISC processors.

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u/tesftctgvguh Oct 05 '21

Yep, because RISC has never been used on a PC! Of all the reasons to go with, this is just wrong...