The Q6600 CPU in my main dev machine came out in 2007. Today's CPUs score ~2x what it scores on benchmarks: http://anandtech.com/bench/product/53?vs=836 …
@andrewwillmott I think that is the big story, really. I suspect Intel _could_ be shipping desktop CPUs with 12 billion transistors.
-
-
@andrewwillmott But they are choosing not to because it is simply more profitable for them, and the competition isn't there. -
@andrewwillmott But who knows? It's been a while since I've talked to a modern CPU architect... - Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
@cmuratori yeah exactly, but it makes no sense for them to do so. With heat even high-end compute work is based around racks with uber A/C.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.