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Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by jacquesm on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:29PM (#14134574)
> The entire computer industry, well, the entire technology industry is founded on compute power becoming cheaper each year.

No, we've just gotten used to it. So now, like any junkie with a bad habit we're going to have to get used to doing without that. Or deal with the increased electricity bill.

> The board of directors will respond to pressure from the investors (or get replaced), and will replace company leadership if needed to continue advancement in technology.

Company leadership being replaced is not going to magically change the laws of nature.

At some point even Intel investors will have to accept that there are such things as physical laws and nature doesn't care one bit about your quarterly earnings reports.

Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance... by ansible on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @12:11PM (#14140014)
Company leadership being replaced is not going to magically change the laws of nature.

Well, that's just it, we haven't hit the physical limits of computing yet. But we are indeed close to the limits of what is practical with CMOS photo-lithography.

At some point even Intel investors will have to accept that there are such things as physical laws and nature doesn't care one bit about your quarterly earnings reports.

This acceptance process will be quite painful, and someone, some way, some how will step in to promise greater returns.