The Diminishing Returns of Moore's Law: Multicore Is Not the Panacea for Increasing Performance It Should Be

Table of Contents

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
• Amdahl' s Law
• New Server Shipments
• Future Outlook
• Market Impact
• The Nehalem Effect
• AMD Istanbul
• Can Memory and I/O Keep Up?
• The Road to Virtualizing Databases and HPC
• The Need for More Virtualization Management
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Synopsis
• Figure: Amdahl' s Law