[ppml] too many variables

Mon Aug 13 12:29:14 UTC 2007

Leo Bicknell wrote:
> To Bill's original e-mail.  Can we count on 2x every 18 months going
> forward?  No.  But betting on 2x every 24 months, and accounting for the
> delta between currently shipping and currently available hardware seems
> completely reasonable when assessing the real problem.
>   

This assumes "the real problem" is CPU performance, where many have 
argued that the real problem is memory bandwidth.  Memory doesn't track 
Moore's Law.  Besides, Moore's Law isn't a law.  What's your Plan B?  
This is where a lot of RRG/RAM work is going on right now.

Eliot