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

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or phrased more colloquially, if partially inaccurately:

    Moore's Law: every 18 months, the speed of hardware doubles.
    Gates' Law: every 18 months, the speed of software halves.