Computer Processor Performance
Processor companies do nothing to discourage longstanding myths about processor performance. It’s true that in the early days of microprocessors, a new model was often two or even three times faster than the model it replaced and sold for little or no more. In those halcyon days, the fastest available processors were sometimes 10 times faster than less expensive models that were still being sold. There was also a favorable bang-for-the-buck ratio....