Unlikely. The single core speed problem is due to fundamental limits of physics. The only way we will make single cores significantly faster is through major silicon process improvements (perhaps using new materials), major cooling improvements (very unlikely), or by making programming models more tolerant of physical errors (which would be very interesting).
- josh On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:01 AM, Mikael Grev wrote: > >> 1. a single CPU core is not going to become any faster. That's right; >> a single thread is never going to run any faster in the future. We've >> reached the end of the line as far as clock speed and on-chip >> parallelization is concerned. > > Bill Gates said that 640k was more than anyone would ever need. > > Something tells me that some innovative person will find a way to > circumvent the problem. > > :) > > Cheers, > Mikael > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
