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Subject: Re: How fast are PDA doubling speed?

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 09:43:12 06/20/04

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On June 20, 2004 at 10:42:33, Bryan Hofmann wrote:

>On June 20, 2004 at 08:34:03, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On June 20, 2004 at 05:02:39, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>Two years ago it was predicted that a 1GHz PDA was going to be released and so
>>>far we have not seen it :-)
>>>
>>>http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,68795,pg,2,00.asp
>>
>>Moore'e law (named after Gordon Moore, founder of Intel) states that the
>>processors will double in speed every 18 months.  Is Moore's law coming to an
>>end?
>
>I don't know how this gets confused but Gordon Moore stated in his paper that
>the number of transistors per integrated circuit not the speed.....

You passed the test.

It is one of the top 10 misquoted quotes -- and I just fell into the trap with
others.  I acutally should have known better.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2080097/

http://www.intel.com/research/silicon/mooreslaw.htm

ftp://download.intel.com/research/silicon/moorespaper.pdf





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