RE: Moore's Law

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 16:09:48 MDT


Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote,
> It's a pity Intel didn't post a press release "Intel announces
> experimental 1000% improvement in clock speeds" next to IBM's "IBM
> announces 37% improvement in clock speeds"; *that* would have put things
> permanently in perspective for an entire crop of headline-readers...

Actually, they just did. I saw an announcement on CNN claiming that Intel
has invented new resistors that will run "thousands" of times faster than
current models. However, the report said not to look for the new technology
until after 2007. I wonder if predictions that far out in such a rapidly
changing industry really means anything at all.

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Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>


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