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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: 1024-bit RSA keys in danger of compromise (fwd)
On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:05:21PM -0500, Deepak Jain wrote: > > That is a falicy. Moore's law is most certainly not accelerating -- in > fact: > > 1965-1990 Moore's law stated that the number of transistors per square > inch on integrated circuits (and therefore, the speed) doubles every 2 > years. The pace has since slowed down a bit, but appears to be holding > steady at doubling every 18 months (1995-present). Not to be too picky, but how is going from "doubling every 2 years" to "doubling every 18 months" slowing down? :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
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