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Intel Researchers See Moore's Law Becoming Obsolete

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."

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.