[Air-l] The Increase in Chip Speed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing

[Ken Friedman]

Of interest -- KF


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The Increase in Chip Speed Is Accelerating, Not Slowing

February 4, 2002

By JOHN MARKOFF

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3 - In the world of computer chips,
Moore's Law is becoming less of an axiom and more of a drag
race.

At the world's premier chip design conference, which begins
here today, the spotlight will be on blinding computer
speed. That emphasis suggests that the trajectory of
desktop PC performance increases of the last two years will
not slow in the near future, but actually accelerate.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/technology/04CHIP.html?ex=1013868301&ei=1&en=69f8bd20cf1737b9