For those who have not looked yet: John Hennessey presentation. Argues -- with a lot of detail -- that Moore's law has closed out, that energy efficiency is the next key metric, and that specialized hardware (like TPU) might be the future.
When I buy a machine, I am now perfectly happy buying an old CPU, and I think this shows you why. You can buy something from as far back as 2012, and you're okay.
However, I do look for fast memory. SSDs at least, and I wish he had added a slide about the drop in memory speed. Am I at inflection?
Perhaps the future is: you buy an old laptop with specs like today and then you buy one additional piece of hardware (TPU, ASIC, Graphics for gaming etc).
When I buy a machine, I am now perfectly happy buying an old CPU, and I think this shows you why. You can buy something from as far back as 2012, and you're okay.
However, I do look for fast memory. SSDs at least, and I wish he had added a slide about the drop in memory speed. Am I at inflection?
Perhaps the future is: you buy an old laptop with specs like today and then you buy one additional piece of hardware (TPU, ASIC, Graphics for gaming etc).