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From: eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 1Meg DRAM supply voltage
Message-ID: <1T9Nlc#4Q6wDz=eric@snark.uu.net>
Date: 18 Oct 89 20:36:47 GMT
References: <6797@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1989Oct17.154651.16073@utzoo.uucp>
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In <1989Oct17.154651.16073@utzoo.uucp> Henry Spencer wrote:
>                Other such claims are "gonna have to drop silicon and go to
> gallium arsenide real soon now", "gonna have to go to highly-parallel
> machines to get any further speed increase real soon now",

Don't forget "gonna have to go to exotic %s technology that no one can afford
to manufacture onto commodity boards real soon now", where %s can read
"interconnect", "heat dissipation", or "reduced-RF-emission".

There are situations in prognosticating technology when blissful ignorance
and an eye on the trend curves yields better predictions than `expert'
opinion with all its preconceptions. If I really knew electronic engineering
I'm sure I'd think these were insuperable problems for the next generation.

As it is...well, we've heard all these doleful dirges before.
-- 
      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.uu.net    (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)