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Move Over Moore's Law, Make Way For Huang's Law (ieee.org)

Tekla Perry writes: Are graphics processors a law unto themselves? Nvidia's Jensen Huang says a 25-times speedup over five years is evidence that they are. He calls this the 'supercharged law,' and says it's time to start counting advances on multiple fronts, including architecture, interconnects, memory technology, and algorithms, not just circuits on a chip.

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  1. Re:Circuits on a chip? by imgod2u · · Score: 4, Informative

    Moore's Law: the density of devices (transistors) that can be packed into a microchip doubles roughly every 18 months.