40nm Altera Stratix IV
New process nodes have a predictable rhythm. Until about 90nm, we knew before anybody announced anything that we’d get double the density, half the power (dynamic, of course), and 50% more speed than we had in the previous generation. Of course, that made waiting for the announcements from semiconductor companies a little less than suspenseful. Our Moore’s Law alarm clock would beep on its two-year cycle. We’d check to see if anybody had announced the thing we were expecting yet, and then we’d hit the one-month snooze button … Read More → "40nm Altera Stratix IV"