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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. Moore's ??? by nanojath · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems like a good start would be to stop calling it a "law," a term that has some kind of meaning, in a scientific sense. Exactly where that line gets drawn may be a little fuzzy, but I think it's fairly obvious that Moore's observations don't make the grade.

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