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I've always wondered what the classic Moore's-law curve looks like when you take the FLOPs per constant dollar, totaled across the whole R&D/manufacturing/opera
by LegionMammal978 1y ago
I've always wondered what the classic Moore's-law curve looks like when you take the FLOPs per constant dollar, totaled across the whole R&D/manufacturing/operation process. Sure, you can keep investing more and more into increasingly cutting-edge or power-hungry processes, but at some point it isn't worth the money, and money will generally be the ultimate limiting factor. Not that we'll ever really get these numbers, alas.
- cubefox 1y agoThe author makes a related point: > How small or fast or efficient a transistor can be made in a lab is of absolutely no relevance if they can’t be mass-manufactured at a price anyone is willing to pay.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoLowering the cost makes many more things economically viable. (I'm not talking about the fabs here, I'm talking about the customers.) If a new step drops the FLOPS per dollar to the customer, it may create sufficient demand volume to pay for the R&D and the fab, even if those costs are enormous.