It’s no coincidence that the first multi-core chips made an appearance around the same time TDP, performance, and clock speed took the hard turn to the right seen in the graphs above.

For the horizontal axis, we will plot t 2 instead of just time since the distance should be proportional to time squared. Notice that a linear function does indeed fit this data quite nicely.

What Is a Linear Price Scale? A linear (arithmetic) price scale is a charting scale used by traders that is plotted with real values spaced equidistant from one another on the vertical y-axis.

Enterprise software maker Linear has raised an $82 million Series C funding round valuing the startup at $1.25 billion, the company said on Tuesday.