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Re:Is it time for open processors? by cm2187 on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:40AM (#16185306)
Because the compute power for consumer CPU nowadays is good enough, the effort has been in reducing energy consumption. But if you look at the server / workstation side, you can get 20+ cores in a single dice.
Re:Is it time for open processors? by tjoff on Friday January 19, 2018 @06:40AM (#16185492)
Good enough relative to the competition perhaps.

Nowadays the CPU is the bottle-neck even when surfing the web and using simple (electron) text editors.

Re:Is it time for open processors? by mpweiher on Friday January 19, 2018 @11:47AM (#16187604)
But that's not really a CPU problem but a software problem. And faster CPUs won't fix it, due to Wirth's Law.
Re:Is it time for open processors? by pjmlp on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:41AM (#16192769)
Anything built with Electron is the anathema of simple.