The multicore crisis appears to be continuing:
http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/a-picture-of-the-multicore-crisis/
For a more recent graph, see:
http://orangecone.com/archives/2010/07/peak_mhz.html
According to The Singularity is Near we should have topped 11Mhz last year.
Clock speed is a pretty critical metric for tech progress. Not so exponential, now!
That and its linked posts are fantastic and explain quite a lot about the past few years.
The multicore crisis appears to be continuing:
http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/a-picture-of-the-multicore-crisis/
For a more recent graph, see:
http://orangecone.com/archives/2010/07/peak_mhz.html
According to The Singularity is Near we should have topped 11Mhz last year.
Clock speed is a pretty critical metric for tech progress. Not so exponential, now!
That and its linked posts are fantastic and explain quite a lot about the past few years.