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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
follow Moore's Law and you'll find that ou're not too far off the mark...
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It's getting harder and harder for computer engineers to keep up with Moore's Law. But people have predicted the end for many years, so I won't repeat their mistakes. It's also kind of a gunk rule of thumb, since there are different kinds of computers (and nowadays people call clusters supercomputers, because the line is just that fine.. a nice gray area).
However, I find Lasereth's prediction incredibly pessimistic. I'd better get more of a computer than that for $999 in 2005.
I'd rather see faster CPU's than CPU's with higher clock frequencies. In 2005 I bet we will see mainstream CPU's produced with an 50 nanometer material process. That's not too optimistic, I think.