Perhaps unlike some other commenters, I think that a bit of balance to the hype around the whole 'exponential' view that we're in a period of unprecedented chan

Perhaps unlike some other commenters, I think that a bit of balance to the hype around the whole 'exponential' view that we're in a period of unprecedented change, is reasonable. I do find the quoted link between number of transistors and performance (Single threaded, Multi threaded? Who knows?) to be highly inappropriate without some qualification.