Entries for September 2013
Lapsing of Moore's Law opens up opportunity in chip design
posted on September 02, 2013 17:05
As the trend famously codified by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore -- that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years -- seems to be flagging, one top engineer suggests that it is time to rethink chip design to buy performance increases.
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IBM's Last Stand in CPUs?
posted on September 02, 2013 17:04
The Open Power Consortium could become IBM's last stand in microprocessors with huge implications for the future of Big Blue.
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End of Moore's Law: It's not just about physics
posted on September 02, 2013 17:03
The end of Moore's Law may ultimately be as much about economics as physics, says a DARPA director.
"My thesis here is that it's time to start planning for the end of Moore's Law, and that it's worth pondering how it will end, not just when," Robert Colwell, director of the Microsystems Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, told CNET.
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Steve Ballmer Failed to Take Microsoft Beyond the PC
posted on September 02, 2013 17:02
Steve Ballmer spent his first two decades as a Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) manager pushing the company’s software onto 97 percent of the world’s personal computers. He spent his 13-year tenure as chief executive officer in the failed pursuit of an encore.
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