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Msw242 | 3 years ago

36% increase inbetween generations is absolutely massive though

Prior steps were about 10% or less.

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Maursault|3 years ago

It is an incremental increase in performance compared to the last incremental release. Performance increases should get larger and larger, and more and more frequently, that is how computing technology advances, along a logarithmic curve yet bounded by Moore's Law and the limits of what can be done with the technology of the hour. But there was never once a 100% increase in performance or even a 50% increase in performance between one model and its immediate next revision. And that many seem to be expecting this is tremendously unrealistic.

thfuran|3 years ago

A consistent 10% improvement at a regular cadence is already exponential growth. Ever-increasing improvements at an ever-increasing frequency would look exponential on a log plot. I don't know how you could possibly expect that and then complain that other people are crazy for expecting exponential growth.