Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.misc > #4425

Re: Are processors pushing up against the limits of physics?

Show all headers | View raw

On 2014-08-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/08/are-processors-pushing-up-against-the-limits-of-physics/
>
>    None of these things happened because the companies making
>    processors ran up against hard physical limits. Rather, computing
>    power ended up being constrained because progress in certain areas
>    - primarily energy efficiency - was slow compared to progress in
>    others, such as feature size. But could we be approaching physical
>    limits in processing power?  In this week's edition of Nature, The
>    University of Michigan's Igor Markov takes a look at the sorts of
>    limits we might face.
>
Short answer: yes.

Back to comp.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Are processors pushing up against the limits of physics? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 03:17 +0000
  Re: Are processors pushing up against the limits of physics? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 19:29 +0000

csiph-web