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nikanj
on April 14, 2020
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Clocking a 6502 simulator to 15GHz
The perceived performance for an average desktop has been pretty stagnant since, I don't know, at least the mid-nineties.
ajuc
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There was a huge perceived improvement when SSDs first appeared.
spullara
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Softare expands to fill the CPU available.
woadwarrior01
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AKA Wirth’s Law[1]: “Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming faster.”
[1]:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law
FeepingCreature
on April 14, 2020
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Software is being produced faster though.
6510
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Didn't cars also follow that pattern?
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