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Understanding Moore's Law

Posted by timothy on from the in-the-name-of-the-law dept.

S. Blocher writes "Ars Technica has a great article up, 'Understanding Moore's Law', that I think most geeks should read. The misrepresentation of Moore's Law in the media has always been a real pet peeve of mine, and this article does a great job of looking at the flipside of the 'bigger and faster' thesis to show how the Law isn't really just about doubling computer power."

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  1. In typical /. fashion by BoomerSooner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll comment w/o reading the article.

    Roger Moore's Law is: you get more chicks when you are James Bond than when you're Roger Moore. That's it right?

  2. The 'M' laws by Shamashmuddamiq · · Score: 5, Funny


    Microsoft's law: what you get when you put Moore's law and Murphy's law together.

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    ...just my 2 gil.
  3. Moores law in action? by Neck_of_the_Woods · · Score: 4, Funny


    For every news artical about Moore's Law, there will be a two fold reduction in the amount of Moore's Law that is explained. Which at some point it becomes impossible to comprehend the difference between Moore's Law and Artical Fodder about why you need a new computer.

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    1. Re:Moores law in action? by EZmagz · · Score: 2, Funny
      This reminds me of an ad that's played on our local radio for a high-end audio retailer:

      There's two types of salesmen in other audio stores...the Specialist, who knows more and more about less and less until finally, he knows EVERYTHING about nothing.

      And the Generalist, who knows less and less about more and more until finally, he knows nothing about everything.

      I laugh when I hear it still because it's so damn true sometimes.

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      "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for SEGA. ..."

  4. The law is simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Moore is better, lesse is worse.

  5. Cowboy Neal's Corollary to the Moore's Law by dracken · · Score: 3, Funny

    The rate at which the Moore's law is quoted in lectures and articles doubles every 18 months

  6. Re:Moore's ??? by RyansPrivates · · Score: 4, Funny

    I agree. Maybe they should change the name to Moore's Code... -.-

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    If at first you don't succeed... How does that go again? Ah, forget it.
  7. That's not right.... by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moore's Law is so perennially protean because its putative formulator never quite gave it a precise formulation.

    I tried to read further, but started twitching uncontrollably. How about Mace's Law: "The skill of tech writers halves, and their pride doubles, every 12 months."

    I always gave about the same credence to both Moore's Law and Murphy's Law.

    Ok, I finished the article. I learned some history, saw some graphs, and care not one bit more about Moore and his infernal Law.

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  8. [n8r.n]'s law by natron+2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My new law/observation/theory/detriment/prophesy is:

    Every 18 [eighteen] months a new faster and more powerful processor is released to the masses that makes my 1Ghz seem obsolete.

    Not a sermon, just a thought.

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    [n8.r0n] http://petesweb.spymac.net/
  9. Re:why just the geeks? by penguin_punk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well then they better change the ads. On every page, there's a big animated gif ad for 'American Singles' asking ARE YOU SINGLE? Yes! Of course I'm single! I'm reading this fscking article! Do they think I could get a date? hrmmph.

    Damn Marketers.

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    HURD - Hurd's Under Research & Development
  10. Re:Moore's ??? by mOdQuArK! · · Score: 2, Funny
    It seems like a good start would be to stop calling it a "law,"

    Moore's "Rule of Thumb" doesn't have quite the same ring...