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Article #2670Re: 1Meg DRAM supply voltage
From: Eric S. Raymond
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1989 20:36
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1989 20:36
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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)
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