[extropy-chat] A slow down in Moore's law?

[Kevin Freels]

I was just doing some shopping for a new processor, and the fastest I found available was the Intel 3.4 Ghz  P4. I did some checking and that processor was unveiled in February, 2004. 

http://it.asia1.com.sg/newsdaily/news002_20040203.html



Some additional checking, which I admit was light, revealed that the P4 1.7 Ghz processor was unveiled in 2001. This is somewhat more than 18 months for a two-fold increase in processing speed. 

http://tech-report.com/reviews/2001q2/pentium4-1.7/index.x?pg=1



Is there a new processor out that I don;t know about, or was the P4 released later than that? Or os there something else that I am missing entirely?



Also, a bit of humor. I found this at the following site:

http://www.slashnot.com/article.php3?story_id=413&section=Home



"Intel has announced a new low performance processor value priced processor that will appeal to the cost conscious consumer to be called the Pentium 4 Mobile Home edition.

The design is similar to a typical mobile computer, but without the mobility. P4 Mobile Home editions are typically mounted permanently to their desks, often with an old dog asleep under it. The processors also support the “double-wide” 64-bit processor mode in upcoming Pentium 4 and AMD processors. Rudimentary clustering is the norm, with eight to sixty-four units forming Parks wherever an undeveloped parcel of deskspace remains unclaimed for a long period of time. Wireless capabilities are built in, but require the addition of an old coat hanger for extended range reception. The systems typically ship with three or four mice, and will be sold exclusively through WalMart with Red Neck Enterprise Workstation pre-installed."



He he! 



Kevin Freels




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