Advanced Computing Architectures
Alessandro Pellegrini A.Y. 2019/2020 Intel 8086 (1978) Intel 8086 (1978) AMD Ryzen (2017) AMD Ryzen (2017) Moore's Law (1965)
The number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years
— Gordon Moore, Co-founder of Intel
Moore's law is dead, long live Moore's law Moore's Law (1965) The free lunch
• Implications of Moore’s Law have changed since 2003 • 130W is considered an upper bound (the power wall)