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To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (16892)	10/31/2000 11:06:54 AM
From: Killswitch	Respond to of 275872

<< Actually it would only be 15 or 16 years. And lately the clock speeds have been doubling in more like 12 months which would put us at around 2011 for terahertz speeds. Makes you think, eh? >> Just a minor point of interest, but unless there is a revolutionary change to the pc architecture, we will hit the physical limits of processor speed in the not so distant future. The process level can only shrink so much before there aren't enough electrons there to make the parts work, and we aren't very far from that level now, and most of the speed improvements we're getting comes from process shrinks/tweaks. I've heard the estimate of about 30 ghz being a rough estimate of how fast we can go. What do you think molecular electronics and later on nanotechnology is for? :-)