• Graph/Chart Showing Processor Power Over Time?
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I'm trying to do a stats project and I'm doing it on the cost of technology over time. I found a good amount of data for hard drives, but I can't seem to find much in the way of a CPU power timeline (clock speed, computing power, doesn't matter). So can anyone help me out here?
Anyone?
google is your best bet
If your using your CPU as an example, find out the wattage that its marked by (just google it really) and then use watthours to determine the cost depending on active time. IE: I have a Wolfdale E8500 Dual Core, It takes 8 watts on idle and 65 on load. if it was always on load, and was on for 8 hours of the day, AND my power company charges (Im not really sure so here is a random value) $0.75 per watt hour, it would cost me $6 per day JUST for the cpu. although I'm sure I was probably way high with that price, I would think around 0.12-0.50
[QUOTE=PyromanDan;20921067]If your using your CPU as an example, find out the wattage that its marked by (just google it really) and then use watthours to determine the cost depending on active time.[/QUOTE] I mean CPU computing power, not wattage.
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;20921130]I mean CPU computing power, not wattage.[/QUOTE] Oh you mean a linegraph showing a timescale and the "computing power" going up? Just take like 6-10 notable proccesors starting in say the 80's to modern day, and look up their speed/architecture/core-count
Moore's law? [editline]10:43PM[/editline] Honestly wikipedia should have more than enough info for you. They probably have a list of processors with dates attached, as well as power draw, computing power and transistor count for each. (And probably prices as well.) [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore's_Law_-_2008.svg[/url]
If you are talking about the degradation of one processor over time, I'm not sure if they degrade. Or maybe I just haven't been alive long enough to see one fail.
[QUOTE=BmB;20921605]Moore's law? [editline]10:43PM[/editline] Honestly wikipedia should have more than enough info for you. They probably have a list of processors with dates attached, as well as power draw, computing power and transistor count for each. (And probably prices as well.) [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore's_Law_-_2008.svg[/url][/QUOTE] Thanks. This could be of use.
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