18 Mar
2007
18 Mar
'07
9:58 p.m.
On 19 Mar 2007 at 0:35, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
You're essentially asking whether there's a
limit to Moore's Law.
That's probably a question that's beyond most peoples' expertise to
answer. 8-/
I don't think I am. Maybe I'm asking if there's a limit to Wirth's
Law.
It's possible to make autos that go 500 mph, but to do so neither
adds utility to our lives (our highways won't accommodate 500 mph
traffic) nor value for he consumer (whose reflexes have definite
limits).
When do we reach the point where added computational power
contributes nothing toward the ability to perform the desired
function (for home users; commercial users may be a different kettle
of fish) given the speed of the network interconnections and the work
to be performed using them. I don't think a petaflop system on my
desktop would substantially enhance my computing "experience".
...at least not without another major version of Windows. :)
Cheers,
Chuck