1/27/2005
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Moore’s Law and Graphics
•Graphics chips doubling price/performance every 6-9 months!
•Already more complex than microprocessor chips.
•People thinking of using them to substitute for microprocessor chips—because graphics so compute-intensive
•Graphics processor never idle whereas microprocessor often idle.
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Graphics chips doubling price/performance every 6-9 months

Already more complex than microprocessor chips. People thinking of using them to substitute for microprocessor chips—because graphics so compute-intensive

Graphics processor never idle whereas microprocessor often idle.