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Frore's Seshu Madhavapeddy: "Centuries-old tech and the tyranny of heat"

The Times Tech Podcast

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The Problem Is More Than Just Processing Capacity

Every 18 months or two years processing capacity doubles, etc. That's been happening for decades. When did we reach a point where those improvements are outstripping just the realities of like, well, you can only jam so many fans into a computer? The answer to that is multifold. It depends on the size of the device. But ultimately, the problem is ubiquitous. And it's really gotten much worse in the last five to 10 years.

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