I disagree. I think that if everyone adopted the author's attitude, we get innovation where it is needed most... Which is exactly what is happening: there has

I disagree. I think that if everyone adopted the author's attitude, we get innovation where it is needed most... Which is exactly what is happening: there has been a shift in the focus of processor development over the last ten years or so from "make it as fast as possible and who cares about the power consumption" to a more performance-per-watt oriented approach. edit: worldsayshi got there first.