Friendly reminder that "The Free Lunch Is Over: A Fundamental Turn Toward Concurrency in Software" [0] was published in 2005 (~13 years ago). Thinking aloud he

Friendly reminder that "The Free Lunch Is Over: A Fundamental Turn Toward Concurrency in Software" [0] was published in 2005 (~13 years ago). Thinking aloud here-- Is the lull in chip design due to the shift in focus to software over hardware due to the boom of internet companies circa 2000. Just compare entry level EE vs. CS available jobs or pay for example. Or, maybe it's just that, like markets, R&D also operates in cycles? Regardless, it would be interesting to see a comparison of $$$ invested in R&D on each side over the last n years. [0]: http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.htm http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.htm