The fundamental graph of technology The graph's horizontal axis is linear in years, while its vertical axis is exponential. That is, each annotation represents a factor of 100 in improvement. If the bottom of the axis represented a single grain of sand, the top of the axis would be the number of grains of sand in a thousand beaches. The graph tells the story of our lives as … [Read more...] about 128 years of computing power: implications for IP lawyers
Parallel Computing
Parallel Computing Expert Witness: What Parallel Computing Is and How It Is Used
What is Parallel Computing? Parallel computing is a simple concept: it is using more than one processor (or CPU) to complete a data processing task. A couple of decades ago, parallel computing was an arcane branch of computer science. Now, it is everywhere—in cell phones, web sites, laptops and even wearables. This radical shift was motivated by two factors: Processors … [Read more...] about Parallel Computing Expert Witness: What Parallel Computing Is and How It Is Used