I suppose this is what getting older feels like.

  • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Moore’s Law has been dead for a long time.

    Moore’s Law hypothesises that transistors in an integrated circuit will double every two years, primarily down to transistor density improvements.

    Intel in particular really like to say it’s still alive, because it’s what investors want to hear, but in reality transistor density improvements have slowed quite a bit, and we’ve had to rely on other things for better performance.

    • @Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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      11 day ago

      there’s also the issue that Moore law was used as a development target, making it a self fulfilling profecy, there’s also the issue that if were less strict (rather than doubling transistor density we just consider computer power in general) computers are still improving ish, although it’s clearly slower than it used to be