According to Morre's law, the speed of a new PC should double every 18 months. So how come the PC I bought 3 years ago was a 2.66 GHZ unit but a new Alienware that I'm looking at today is only 3.0GHz? Are they not supposed to be 10.4 GHz by now?
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According to Morre's law, the speed of a new PC should double every 18 months. So how come the PC I bought 3 years ago was a 2.66 GHZ unit but a new Alienware that I'm looking at today is only 3.0GHz? Are they not supposed to be 10.4 GHz by now?
Murphys law only applied to a certain point, we've hit that wall now.
Moore has moved forward , but at costs that you and I can't afford! Techonlogy is rapidly moving ahead too. 64 bits computing for home, Tetabyte of harddrive space at home and 2 to 4 GB of memory is starting to be common place (ok, for geeks) . NOt only to speak of the bandwidith available into our houses and verizion just dug up my front lawn to put fiber in. (Rick's ISP opening soon)
http://www.intel.com/technology/sili...slaw/index.htm
Murphy's law and Moore's law are two different things. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Slaughter
I hope Verizon gets FIOS up and running soon here. I just upgraded with COVAD to 3.0/768, but I'm paying $90 a month for it. Granted, I have no limitations on it's use, static IP, etc. But that's still a bit expensive. But it keeps me off a cable connection, so I'm not complaining. :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Rocks
Fair enough on the RAM and HD size, but with regards to processing, I'm confused. I paid $800 for a 2.6 Gz machine with an Nvidia TI 4200 3 years ago. Today I'm looking at $2500 for an Alienware unit with 3.0 Ghz processor. Something seems off.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Rocks
Murphys Law, Moores Law... I knew what I meant at the time, I mean.. it was 4am afterall. ;)
Moores law deals with the number of transitors in a processor not the clock speed (IE ghz). Doubling the transitors doesn;t double the clock speed. AMD cpu's proves that augement by running at a lower clock speed and out performing its Intel counter part. I am not try to start a AMD vs Intel war, just pointing out that clock speed isnt the only thing that make a processor pump out work. Intel 3.2 ghz process vs AMD 3200+ (2.0 ghz clock speed) same performance.
See the intel Transitor chart in the first post
For me I am an AMD fan they have never let me down and they keep performing well for me.
I think that the main reason why processor speeds have not gone up is because of the heat problem and how to disipate it efficently. A fan can only do so much. I think it is time to break out the Oil PC's. The site is in german but, if you enter the URL into google you can have it translate it. I think once they solve the heat issue we will see processor speeds go through the roof.
You just made the point, you can increase your clock speed and no increase in transistors!
Personally (from my relatively un-informed standpoint..) I think it's high time to switch to a new tech, such as Quantum processors.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chi...9249154,00.htm
update on the subject for Clay