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Re:The Great CPU Stagnation by infinite8s on Thursday May 18, 2023 @08:46PM (#35996391)
The C memory model underlying all modern processors does not scale. Most of the time your cpu is sitting idle.
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Re:The Great CPU Stagnation by MichaelZuo on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:49PM (#35996823)
My favourite comparison is that the A16 chip can do 1 million times more operations per second compared to the top of the line System 360 mainframe.

That is to say, a theoretically ideal OS running on the A16 could run every mainframe program in existence until the late 1970s, simultaneously.

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