http://macdaddyworld.com/2007/06/30/ouch-it-hertz/ Stand back, here come the MacDaddies from Ecamm Network Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:16:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://macdaddyworld.com/2007/06/30/ouch-it-hertz/#comment-85 scooby Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:50:04 +0000 http://macdaddyworld.com/?p=22#comment-85 What we need is a function that takes log(clockSpeed), where log could be base 2 or natural log. What we need is a function that takes log(clockSpeed), where log could be base 2 or natural log.

]]> http://macdaddyworld.com/2007/06/30/ouch-it-hertz/#comment-71 Nick M Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:04:26 +0000 http://macdaddyworld.com/?p=22#comment-71 Moore's law says that the number of transistors per unit area will double every 18 months, not clock speed. Looking at only the last few years, clock speed seems to have hit a bit of a wall. That's ok, because transistor doubling continues in the form of multi-core processors. Moore’s law says that the number of transistors per unit area will double every 18 months, not clock speed. Looking at only the last few years, clock speed seems to have hit a bit of a wall. That’s ok, because transistor doubling continues in the form of multi-core processors.

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