"In previous decades, the performance gains were 2-5X per year." What decade was that? According to this[1], it's never been better than ~50% year over year.

"In previous decades, the performance gains were 2-5X per year." What decade was that? According to this[1], it's never been better than ~50% year over year. [1] http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2012/3827-spring/advanced-arch-2011.pdf http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2012/3827-sprin...