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Moore's Law Is Becoming Irrelevant, Says ARM's Boss

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-useful-anymoore dept.

holy_calamity writes "PCs will inevitably shift over to ARM-based chips because efficiency now matters more than gains in raw performance, the CEO of chip designer ARM tells MIT Technology Review. He also says the increasing adoption of ARM-based suppliers is good for innovation (and for prices) because it spurs a competitive environment. 'There’s been a lot more innovation in the world of mobile phones over the last 15-20 years than there has been in the world of PCs.'"

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  1. Gate's Law by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called Gate's Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.

  2. Re:Here come the ARM zombies by ArcadeMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrmmsssss!!

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  3. Re:Sure... by Helix666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course! Naturally, one *merely* needs a sufficiently clever compiler...

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  4. Re:Title is rubbish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    >i7-3960X is 6 cores at 3.3 - 3.9 GHz each. That isn't all that far from 24 GHz.

    I feel a great disturbance in Slashdot, as if millions of CS majors cried out something rather uncomplimentary about your ignorance.