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Dec 03, 2024

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1. Moore's Law Update:

NOTE: this is a semi-log graph, so a straight line is an exponential; each y-axis tick is 100x. This graph covers a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x improvement in computation/$. Pause to let that sink in.

Calculations per second per constant dollar:

(Source: Steve Jurvetson/x.com: @FutureJurvetson, via @EvolvingJuan)

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