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Moore's Law was about the amount of transistors you can put in a chip cheaply, so it may be coming to an end. But I don't think it will stop machines from getti
by ktosiek 14y ago
Moore's Law was about the amount of transistors you can put in a chip cheaply, so it may be coming to an end. But I don't think it will stop machines from getting faster - we are seeing lots of progress in multi-core usage even on desktop and in mobile computing (multicore smartphones), and using dedicated hardware outside the CPU socket/package (GPGPU) is getting normal too - those look like new ways of making faster personal machines.
- toemetoch 14y agoOn the x86 front I'm a bit pessimistic. In 2006, Intel promised 80-cores by 2012 but I haven't seen them anywhere yet [0]. [0] http://news.cnet.com/2100-1006_3-6119618.html http://news.cnet.com/2100-1006_3-6119618.html (Disclaimer: don't know how the crowd here reacts to CNET articles)
- gaius 14y agoWell, there was this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/larrabee_32_cores/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/larrabee_32_cores/
- toemetoch 14y agoIt was cancelled in 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(microarchitecture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(microarchitecture)