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[Caspar Bowden]

> Anyway, I don't believe it is true in any field - there's=20
> always a sweet spot where price/performance is optimised, and=20
> it isn't where performance is minimised. This is caused by=20
> things like packaging, which doesn't increase in cost in line=20
> with performance.=20

I agree for industrial technology.

I'm talking about US military budgets for black projects. Read Bamford's
book, they've got their own supercomputer design facility inside Fort
Meade, from silicon to software.
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