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shift happens
OK, I'm on vacation. Too much time on my hands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
This is the original version, which is still my favorite. Here is version 4, which is also quite good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKBsfk_O8c&feature=related
It's a global world.
I would, however, take the predictions made at the end of the first vid with a grain of salt. The predictions are plausible, but information technology is butting up against the most recently revised version of Moore's Law, which I will summarize in my own words: “Efficiency of microchips will double every two years while production costs will decline by half; but design costs will increase at an exponential rate. Therefore, at some point in time it will no longer be profitable to bother to design the next generation of chips.”
Brief run-down on Moore's Law:
http://www.a-clue.com/archive/04/cl040126.htm
More info on Moore's Law:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-moores-law.htm
http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2004/10/25/moores_third_law.php
The twenty-first century: a time when the global world meets the Age of Limits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
This is the original version, which is still my favorite. Here is version 4, which is also quite good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKBsfk_O8c&feature=related
It's a global world.
I would, however, take the predictions made at the end of the first vid with a grain of salt. The predictions are plausible, but information technology is butting up against the most recently revised version of Moore's Law, which I will summarize in my own words: “Efficiency of microchips will double every two years while production costs will decline by half; but design costs will increase at an exponential rate. Therefore, at some point in time it will no longer be profitable to bother to design the next generation of chips.”
Brief run-down on Moore's Law:
http://www.a-clue.com/archive/04/cl040126.htm
More info on Moore's Law:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-moores-law.htm
http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2004/10/25/moores_third_law.php
The twenty-first century: a time when the global world meets the Age of Limits.
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