I suspect that as SOC performance continues to improve, the power demands and AI complexity will eventually over come this. Yes, your phone can play subway surfers at 8K but that same chip could also end up on the receiving end of a drone.
I mean a Snapdragon X2 can give a lot of image processing performance for about 20watts of power draw. That same work load would have been 200-1000 watts a decade back, and power draw is still being reduced with larger ASIC designs.
I suspect that as SOC performance continues to improve, the power demands and AI complexity will eventually over come this. Yes, your phone can play subway surfers at 8K but that same chip could also end up on the receiving end of a drone.
I mean a Snapdragon X2 can give a lot of image processing performance for about 20watts of power draw. That same work load would have been 200-1000 watts a decade back, and power draw is still being reduced with larger ASIC designs.