tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post6571923484577277479..comments2024-01-07T23:21:32.676+01:00Comments on The Axis of Eval: Numbers Everybody Should KnowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-27475310620314688882013-09-09T12:25:57.001+02:002013-09-09T12:25:57.001+02:00Consider a line graph, with latency of access on t...Consider a line graph, with latency of access on the Y-axis, and something like "problem size" on the X axis. <br /><br />If Moore's Law ever had meaning, it tracked how fast the left end of the curve has fallen over time, but I think you'd come to different answers if you looked at different points on the curve.<br /><br />crowdingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-58229921061067554782010-12-07T20:14:21.897+01:002010-12-07T20:14:21.897+01:00Obviously this is all hardware dependant, but shou...Obviously this is all hardware dependant, but should give a rough idea of the relative costs.samhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-63988177392909175592010-11-22T21:23:15.023+01:002010-11-22T21:23:15.023+01:00Argh, my apologies. 200,000,000ns for a Google sea...Argh, my apologies. 200,000,000ns for a Google search. 200ms.Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183364513305941382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-77241800100704520062010-11-22T03:54:22.643+01:002010-11-22T03:54:22.643+01:00In the US, a Google search end to end is about 200...In the US, a Google search end to end is about 200,000ns. To your desktop.Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183364513305941382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-16069384746489241972010-11-21T14:50:40.029+01:002010-11-21T14:50:40.029+01:00Wouldn't disk seek be changed for SSDs?Wouldn't disk seek be changed for SSDs?Joe Wrighthttp://www.joejag.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-23749377997566813752010-11-21T02:22:44.589+01:002010-11-21T02:22:44.589+01:00also: log_2(1000) = ~10, log_2(1000000) = ~20also: log_2(1000) = ~10, log_2(1000000) = ~20Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722310642266356003.post-63234049732756010272010-11-20T22:14:12.650+01:002010-11-20T22:14:12.650+01:00really like the list. dont know if every programme...really like the list. dont know if every programmer needs to knowj all these numbers... just how to derive them is all that is needed. useful though.Big Directoryhttp://www.biglist.eunoreply@blogger.com