[Dylan16807]

> Also twice as many dollars in the future term! The downside very much does not decrease “exponentially”.

The downside measured in dollars continues to decrease exponentially. If it's $100 today, soon it will be $30. It's still "twice", but the thing you're twice-ing is smaller and smaller and smaller.

[philipallstar]

I'm not sure this is true any more. Long gone are the late 90s when computing power per dollar would increase that fast.

[Dylan16807]

Comparing an Epyc 7763 from 2021 and a 9965 from 2024, the newer chip is something like 35% cheaper and faster, on a per-core basis.

We're still making good progress.