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Gordon Moore: Moore's Law is Dead

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the listen-to-the-law dept.

Golygydd Max writes "Moore's Law will not hold forever, claims Gordon Moore. In a Techworld article, he points out the limitations of the law, in particular, the limitations as we approach the size of atoms. He helpfully explains, however, that the law will hold for a few years yet." Still, sticking around for forty years is pretty impressive.

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  1. more information. by antimatt · · Score: 5, Informative

    I wish I could mod the Wikipedia article up.

  2. Re:40 years is impressive? by francisew · · Score: 4, Informative

    I agree, 40 years is actually pretty short. Most common math was proven hundreds to thousands of years ago. A good portion of physics was known a few hundred years ago. A good portion of chemistry has been around for about 150 years.

    What is impressive: he predicted the growth would follow the trend it did, in an area that hadn't really been well-established.

    Which leads to a second dilemna: since Moore was heavily involved in the industry that the law describes growth in, did Moore's law follow the natural growth, or the growth match Moore's law because industry decided to follow the law?