Yes the MHz == performance thing promulgated by Intel was BS (and BS that seemed to flow so deep that they would engineer in superlong pipelines etc...)
And yes, the computer architectures that can now flourish with the Mhz race slowing down will be exciting (In years past many such research projects died because by the time they were done the march of Moores law had resulted in a faster conventional architecture).
BUT: There is all kinds of exciting ideas that were being made possible by faster and faster processors (including immersive VR words, new kinds of programming, new UI models, image recognition...).
If this is genuinely a community of computing enthusiasts should we also not be sad if this is slowing down.
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Yes the MHz == performance thing promulgated by ...)
...).
Intel was BS (and BS that seemed to flow so
deep that they would engineer in superlong
pipelines etc
And yes, the computer architectures that can now
flourish with the Mhz race slowing down will
be exciting (In years past many such research
projects died because by the time they were done
the march of Moores law had resulted in a faster
conventional architecture).
BUT: There is all kinds of exciting ideas that
were being made possible by faster and faster
processors (including immersive VR words,
new kinds of programming, new UI models, image
recognition
If this is genuinely a community of computing
enthusiasts should we also not be sad if this
is slowing down.
- Mudchicken