Distributed Computing

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Originally Posted by russotto

CPU speed and transistor density seem to be hitting a wall about now.

Witness the invention of latches from HP from 90 nanometer transistor technology to 3 nanometers for the same function.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/pr...5/050201a.html

Originally Posted by russotto

Removable media hit a really solid wall a while back, and now it's far behind, leaving lots of people with drives they are unable to easily back up.

Witness the development of blu-ray cd/dvd media increasing the capacity of discs

http://www.blu-ray.com/info/