Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 16:40:56 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 18:06:27, Dan Andersson wrote: >I know you said that you were interested in current technologies. But the >theoretical limit of a processor is a function of the fundamentals of physics. >In the rough one can say that the maximum performance is dependant on the mass >of the processor. The bigger the processor the larger the amout of computations >that can be performed. But the speed of a sequential algorithm is bounded by the >speed of light and therefore you have to increase the density of the matter. >There you reach another limit, the black hole limit. Thus it is possible to give >a limit to the computational power of mass per kilogram. Look for the papers of >Seth Lloyd. If you limit yourself to current processes. It's a procedure of >finding the mean critical path length in the processor. > >MvH Dan Andersson In any case, how many more years can we keep doubling speed every 1.5 - 2 years before we run into the laws of physics? I can't imagine it's more than a few decades more.
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