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Intel Researchers See Moore's Law Becoming Obsolete

Posted by simoniker on from the vote-on-it-now dept.

prostoalex writes "A paper, published by Intel researchers, claims we might be the witnesses of Moore's Law becoming obsolete, as the rate of shrinkage for transistors goes lower with each year. In 2018 we might be able to get the chips manufactured with 16-nanometer technology, then one or two more manufacturing processes will shrink it even further, but after that we're facing the physical limits."

5 of 396 comments (clear)

  1. thrillbert's law by thrillbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present to you thrillbert's Law :

    This law states that new laws to govern electronics and transistors will become obsolete every few years and will be replaced by new and improved laws which again will become obsolete as we as humans become smarter and find newer and better ways of creating things.

    That is all, you may return to your previously scheduled activity.

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    The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice.

  2. Re:Moore's law is NOT obsolete by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is assuming that De Beers doesn't push these people off a high rise first. :/

  3. mcc's law by mcc · · Score: 5, Funny

    The number of papers publicly published proclaiming the "real soon now" end of Moore's law will double every 18 months.

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    Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
    1. Re:mcc's law by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      IthnkImParanoid's law: As a discussion of Moore's law procedes over time, the probability of someone naming a law after themself approaches one. At that time, rational discussion becomes impossible as people flood the thread with their own laws.

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      It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
  4. Re:Funny ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps, however, it takes my 3GHz Xenon
    based PC with 1Gb of ram about the same
    time to boot as it did my 100MHz Pentium
    Pro with 32Mb of Ram from 1995.

    What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away.