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  • guidryp - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    Of course the computer and monitor are an older vintage. Moore is long retired. His desk is essentially a time capsule.
  • Jedi2155 - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    Despite the vintage, it was a relatively low powered machine even at time of release. I'd wouldathunk it'd be at least be a E6600 if not an E6800.
  • bji - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    Huh, they still have full height cube walls at Intel. That won't last. Millennials like to stare at each other so now cube farms everywhere are being converted to low walls, bullpens, and small size cubes to match the times. It sucks for those of us who really want to get work done.
  • boozed - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    Working in an office that has seen partition heights and desk space steadily eroded, I can assure you that it's not "the millennials" making the decisions to do so.
  • Ian Cutress - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    Most of the cubicles are neck height. Moore's is just more vintage
  • mr_tawan - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    the low wall, or no wall, are most-likely gen X's decision. They are just cheaper and space-efficient.

    Of course those Gen X have their own 'glass-walled' office ...
  • HollyDOL - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    I am not that old myself (35), but I hate the open space thing... When I need to focus on work done (esp. more complex tasks) I want full concentration and no distractions. Sudden interruptions or environment disruptions only increase bug rate and lower overall productivity.
  • stadisticado - Friday, June 1, 2018 - link

    His desk is basically an informal shrine for employees. All workspaces have long since been updated, save for a few very dense floors.
  • ianken - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link

    LOL. There are no "millennials" making the decision to go to open space. It's cramming as many people into as small a space as possible. Nobody who gets shit done likes it.

    The manager that can say "I saved $FOO in my org by packing them in like sardines" will get phat l00t.
  • boozed - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    A fascinating article, thanks.
  • ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    Moore had a reasonable theory
    Too bad it never became a law

    I would have loved to see the number of transistors double every 12 months
    Think of where we'd be today if it were actually a Law
  • ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    A doubling of transistors every 12 months would give us about 48 Quadrillion transistors in single-chip processor today
  • quantcon - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    Funny how fast exponential functions grow.
  • ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    I was off by a few quadrillion but I blame the processor for the error

    Will we finally get another transistor doubling after waiting 6 years for 10nm?
  • ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    5 years (not 6)

    14nm began 2014
    10nm goes mainstream in 2019 (hopefully)

    OK, maybe 6
  • Kidster3001 - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link

    Moore's Law is often misinterpreted as being solely about transistor count. It is actually about the $/mm^2 effect of reducing transistor size. In the next generation you can either shrink the die size by 1/2 or keep the same die size and add more transistors to add more features or performance. Either option increases the revenue you can create from the same wafer. From that perspective, Moore's law is still very much in effect today.
  • UltraWide - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    It's every 18 months.
  • mode_13h - Friday, June 1, 2018 - link

    10x every 5 years was my favorite formulation.
  • Ian Cutress - Saturday, June 2, 2018 - link

    He initially said 'every 12 months for 10 years' in 1965 then revised it to every 24 months in 1975.
  • mode_13h - Sunday, June 3, 2018 - link

    And the next sentence in Wikipedia reads:

    "The period is often quoted as 18 months because of Intel executive David House, who predicted that chip performance would double every 18 months (being a combination of the effect of more transistors and the transistors being faster)."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
  • ianmills - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    Good idea Mr.Stalin let's put all those scientists in jail who disobeyed the law!
  • Bulat Ziganshin - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link

    > the first processor capable of a single teraflop: Intel’s Pentium Pro

    Ian!!! Of course, it was first 1 TFLOP ***supercomputer*** and you can find on the photo that each processor was only 300 MFLOPS. The first Teraflop processor I know was Radeon 4870 from 2008
  • mode_13h - Friday, June 1, 2018 - link

    What about this, from 2007 (and Intel, no less):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teraflops_Research_C...
  • ozzuneoj86 - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    A 720P 4:3 ratio LCD huh?
  • guidryp - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    Looks similar to a 5:4(1280x1024) LCD I had back then.
  • ozzuneoj86 - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    At first glance it looked more like a 4:3 to me. I have a 5:4 1280x1024 19" Dell on my workbench and its more square. The more I look at it, the more I think you're right that its 5:4. Still, its obviously not 16:9. Not a big deal, but... its hard to not notice this when a joke about screen resolution is made on a tech site.

    Why am I wasting my time writing about this? LOL
  • stadisticado - Friday, June 1, 2018 - link

    He's been retired for a long time and likely hasn't had cause to sit at that desk for ~10 years for any reason. I'd expect outdated equipment.
  • Jon Tseng - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    Huh cool. Presumably this is in the RNB right? What floor was it maybe I'll ask to see next time I'm there!
  • Ian Cutress - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    It is - second floor.
  • wrkingclass_hero - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    It's like he died 10 years ago
  • gfkBill - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    "a life size representation of a die layout" lol. A life-size die is what's in your computer ;)
  • zodiacfml - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    I was entertained but came immediately to a halt. Any more content related to this?

    I have read a few articles from random sites recently that Intel's 10nm delay could get them into trouble and I'm starting doubt the company.
    I still believe Intel is delaying 10nm intentionally but this is giving competition the fuel for growth. AMD will be back in the server and laptop space while TSMC is already in production of 7nm parts
  • mode_13h - Friday, June 1, 2018 - link

    I believe you don't know what you're talking about.

    If you had evidence of such delays, it'd be worth $Millions to shareholders who would then sue Intel for intentionally holding back. In fact, I think intentionally lying to investors could earn some Intel execs prison time.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxl...
  • MrSpadge - Saturday, June 2, 2018 - link

    They are "intentionally holding back" because the yield is still too bad for wide scale production, i.e. they'd cost them more than current chips.
  • mode_13h - Sunday, June 3, 2018 - link

    This.

    The most likely reason they haven't mass-launched 10 nm products is because it hasn't been economically viable to do so. Moreover, the first 10 nm CPU they're rumored to have launch (in China, of all places) has an oddly low clockspeed, which could indicate issues besides yield.
  • UltraWide - Thursday, May 31, 2018 - link

    a VR walk-through would have been amazing!
  • Ian Cutress - Saturday, June 2, 2018 - link

    Alas I could have done a 360-video, but I do not have the equipment.

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