We have gone through this if you look at my comment history.
Yes you can do everything, but not without added complexity, that will end up failing faster.
We have peaked in all tech. Nothing will ever get as good as the raw peak in longevity:
- SSDs ~2011 (pure SLC)
- RAM ~2013 (DDR3 fast low latency but low Hz = cooler = lasts longer)
- CPUs ~2018 (debatable but I think those will outlast everything else)
I'd expect every new generation of computers to not last as long as the last one, we keep reducing the transistor size and that means more fragility. I'm half surprised modern GPUs make it through shipping without melting from static.
My guess is that the most long lived computer gen could be one that still uses through hole components. Not a very useful machine by any metric though I bet.
Is it because chips are getting more expensive, so it is more economical to run them faster by liquid cooling them?
Or is it data center footprint is more expensive, so denser liquid cooling makes more sense?
Or is it that wiring distances (1ft = 1nanosecond) make dense computing faster and more efficient?
People don't really complain about crappy shovels during a gold rush though unfortunately, they're just happy they got one before they ran out. They have no incentive to innovate in efficiency while the performance line keeps going up.