From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:11:59 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <<4ADD147A.4090801@maht0x0r.net>> References: <<4ADD147A.4090801@maht0x0r.net>> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Barrelfish Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8c179f5c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > >you motivated me to find my copy of _high speed > >semiconductor devices_, s.m. sze, ed., 1990. > > > > > > > which motivated me to dig out the post I made elsewhere : > > "Moore's law doesn't say anything about speed or power. It says > manufacturing costs will lower from technological improvements such that > the reasonably priced transistor count in an IC will double every 2 years. this is quite an astounding thread. you brought up clock speed doubling and now refute yourself. i just noted that 48ghz is not possible with silicon non-quantium effect tech. - erik