What is it about Moore's law that really makes it 'hold'? I think its actually just the result of intel's R&D investment strategy...
If intel wanted to triple performance in 18 months, they could, just spend more money on the problem. But, they've found that 2x/18mo is good enough.
And as a response to the individual above who said that 'most users dont need more speed', I'll agree with that - for home users - however, go ask a national lab how much they need to do what they want and they'll tell you 1000x more than we have now.
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What is it about Moore's law that really makes it 'hold'? I think its actually just the result of intel's R&D investment strategy...
If intel wanted to triple performance in 18 months, they could, just spend more money on the problem. But, they've found that 2x/18mo is good enough.
And as a response to the individual above who said that 'most users dont need more speed', I'll agree with that - for home users - however, go ask a national lab how much they need to do what they want and they'll tell you 1000x more than we have now.