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Re:Linus Torvalds worries about how Linux will handle end of... by nivertech on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:11PM (#6408176)
"People used to be talking about having thousands of cores on one die because it keeps shrinking, and those people clearly have no idea about physics because we won't be shrinking for much longer."

When shrinking is over we'll start going up - i.e. 3D chips. Intel already uses basic 3D in their FinFET process. 3D memory chips available commercially for some time.

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Re:Linus Torvalds worries about how Linux will handle end of... by Someone on Thursday September 19, 2013 @03:56AM (#6410412)
That only helps with the 'size' problem, which we do not really have; it does nothing [1] with the 'power' problem, and the related 'heat' problem.

If you stack 20 ARM CPUs in a single package, it fits in your phone, but it will burn it, too, if it does not run out of its battery first.

[1] Maybe a little bit, as 3D allows for slightly shorter connections.

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