(See http://youtu.be/Z0YU0T5cR6E ) A Compute Platform is normally considered to be the highly stable HW and SW architecture associated with Mainframe or PC computers. But the 21 century is bringing serious computing power to the hands of the consumer and computers that don't look like computers have totally eclipsed traditional computing market. Does this change the definition of the Compute Platform in the 21C? ## By Ian Phillips, Uo.Liverpool. 25feb14. http://ianp24.blogspot.co.uk/ ## Opinions expressed are my own.