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Moore's law is still on pace but Dennard scaling has broken down for ~15 years now. That means we're not getting the same speedups as we were used to and that g
by pedrocr 6y ago
Moore's law is still on pace but Dennard scaling has broken down for ~15 years now. That means we're not getting the same speedups as we were used to and that gets explained by "Moore's law has broken down" as a title.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling
- dorfsmay 6y agoI did not know about Dennard law, thanks for that link. Any idea why it has slowed down?
- blp 6y agoDennards law held until the approximately linear relations that made it work ended. Delay stopped being entirely gage, and more importantly, voltage couldn’t drop forever, due to material limits and intrinsic silicon limits.