THE VIDEO SHELF · microprocessor scaling
Sophie Wilson - The Future of Microprocessors
Sophie Wilson, designer of the ARM instruction set, discusses the future of microprocessors, including the economics of scaling below 28nm and why much of a chip must stay powered off.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it for the claim that process scaling beyond 28nm is uneconomic and for dark silicon.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Erlang Solutions
- Topic
- microprocessor scaling
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Moore's law has been dead for a while now. Most of the chip in your phone is powered off because otherwise it would burn up. Highly recommend watching this video: [VIDEO]
dkarapetyan on Hacker News · 2016-12
In This AI Boom Will Also BustIt is hard (read expensive) to go under 14nm. Sophie Wilson talks about it much better then i could. [VIDEO]
gens on Hacker News · 2017-05
In The Race to 10/7nm
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