The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that leveraging Moore's Law by delaying computation start can enhance productivity for large-scale calculations.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of 'slacking' as a strategy to optimize large computations under Moore's Law.

Findings

Waiting before computation can improve efficiency.

Slacking leads to cost savings in large calculations.

Productivity gains depend on computation size.

Abstract

We show that, in the context of Moore's Law, overall productivity can be increased for large enough computations by `slacking' or waiting for some period of time before purchasing a computer and beginning the calculation.