[email protected] (Mullen, Patrick) writes:
> Isn't this a bit like saying that because the price of the chips in a
> 1990 Lexus vs those in a 2014 Lexus has dropped by a factor of (say)
> 1000, a 2014 Lexus should cost $50?
>
> Silly analogy I know, but more seriously, what proportion of the
> current $33M does go to pay for the chips?

re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#11 Demonstrating Moore's law
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#12 Demonstrating Moore's law


forty years of moore's law
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2002244366_moorelaw18.html

"If the automobile industry moved this fast, your car would move at a
million miles per hour and it would get 50,000 miles per gallon," said
Moore, 76, in a recent press conference.

... snip ...

... and cost only $50

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