Let's say that the number of cores that can be used increases by one with each new generation of CPUs that comes out every 18 months. What percentage of additional off-chip memory bandwidth will be required in three years for a central processing unit to maintain the same level of per-core performance as it does today?

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Let's say that the number of cores that can be used increases by one with each new generation of CPUs that comes out every 18 months. What percentage of additional off-chip memory bandwidth will be required in three years for a central processing unit to maintain the same level of per-core performance as it does today?

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