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Computer architecture

the proposition that computer performance rises with the square of its cost, tested empirically against later machine price and speed data.

In computer architecture, Grosch's law refers to the proposition that computer performance rises with the square of its cost, tested empirically against later machine price and speed data. This meaning comes from Ein-Dor (1985) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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architecture3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs cost4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs performance6 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, five performances

References

Ein-Dor, P. (1985). Grosch's law re-revisited: CPU power and the cost of computation. Communications of the ACM, 28(2), 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1145/2786.2787

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