So, in other words, performance did not stop improving in 2005, as it is now "about 3x the performance per core"? Personally, I think that it's too soon to say

So, in other words, performance did not stop improving in 2005, as it is now "about 3x the performance per core"? Personally, I think that it's too soon to say whether computing power is beginning to plateau. Certainly no-one has shown any good evidence for it so far.