On 11-Jul-18 16:51, Ron Aaron wrote:
>
>
> On 11/07/2018 18:01, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> On 11/07/2018 14:01, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
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>>> Yes, performance.
>>>
>>
>> Not really an issue, for, if you're chasing execution time on
>> a 1GHz processor, then get yourself a 2GHz processor.
>
> Wow. Really?
>
> And what do you do when you run out of GHz to pursue?  Tell your clients
> to get multiple boxes?
>

We're nearly at the GHz limit for processors; I don't know the exact
figures, but anything beyond 5GHz seems to be it. Certainly the power
consumption & heat dissapation is a big problem. Intel are shipping
multi core monsters, not faster single cores.

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Alex

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