Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: Moore’s Law
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HPC In An AI World
We need a moonshot that rebuilds our core computing infrastructure based on 21st century ideas, not just variants of those from the past century. It will not be for timid, the nostalgic, or the underfunded. Bold ideas and new approaches never are.
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Computing Futures: Technical, Economic, and Geopolitical Challenges Ahead
Semiconductors have become more than just an economic engine; they are now critical to any country’s national security and global aspirations.
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Predicting Potentialities, Reifying Futures
Remember, the best way to predict the future is to create it.
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Battling Evil: Dark Silicon
Dark silicon, the very phrase sounds ominious and it is, for I believe it will profoundly reshape how we think about computing in the next decade. We soon will have (and in many cases already do have) chips with more transistors than can be concurrently activated. The practical implication is that most of the chip…