I wish I could find where, but I remember Don Knuth saying that he didn't think that the multicore was really the only answer, only that its almost lazyness or

I wish I could find where, but I remember Don Knuth saying that he didn't think that the multicore was really the only answer, only that its almost lazyness or hubris that has stopped innovation in other areas (he used nicer wording then that). Perhaps as a result of there being really no competition in architectures anymore? Or maybe I dreamed it all up, and multicore it is !