Change w/ Jim Keller
What it is
Jim Keller, CTO of Tenstorrent, gives a keynote at Stanford's System X conference on change, understanding and the future of computing. He touches on Moore's Law, how far transistors are from physical limits, and ideas like DNA origami.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters cite it as a thoughtful talk from a legendary chip architect, both for the s-curves view of progress and for concrete technical details on semiconductor scaling.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“If you are fan of the stack of s-curves, you will probably like this talk by Jim Keller.”
Jim Keller talk on change, fitting the s-curves idea.
sitkack, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in ““A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept””
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Topics: jim keller, moore's law, semiconductors, s-curves, ai hardware
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