Monday, February 12, 2007

Intel-ligence

It would seem to me that as a result of Intel, the Unites States will soon be moving their PPF a little further out than it currently is. The reason, Intel has just come out with a new processor that will house 80 processing engines that will have the ability to be on or off at different times. In addition to this feature, the plan is that these processors will be widely available for use in laptops and PC's, that are going to sold commercially. With such a large market to sell in, the progess in this technology should result in a sizeable shift in the country's PPF according to computer sales. In addition to this progress, these new processors will allow for computers to be even smaller, which will directly impact the amount of resources necessary to build one computer, which will then allow for more computers to be made with the same amount of resources. This technology is allowing for an overall shift in the PPF, not just on one axis. The speed of this new technology will have other impacts as well, including speeding up any business done via the computer, which will hopefull have a positive impact on many other things, as time, a valuable resource, will now be more readily available. Congratulations to Intel on an intelligent move.

No comments: