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> parallelism to continue to deliver more performance.  If you project the
> slope of the clock rates of supercomputers, you will see sub-nanosecond
> CYCLE times before 1995.  I don't see any technologies in the wings which
> promise to allow this to continue...

Actually, I don't see this (dare I say it) EVER occuring.  Ignoring
  delay due to capacitance, a nanosecond is only 12 inches of wire --
  and I'm reasonably sure that the "critical path" length is at least
  on the order of a foot (does anyone know?).  Once capacitance delay
  comes into the picture (even on-chip there is a significant amount),
  even with new technologies, that 12 inches is being reduced at least
  a tenfold (opinion/guess).  That leaves you with an inch of wiring
  for the critical path for this super technology -- that does not
  seem nearly enough to build a nano-processor around. 

Anyone else have Opinions?  Facts?

-- Taed.