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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. Impressive? I don't think so by Jeff+Hornby · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I don't think that Moore's Law can really be considered impressive if it only lasted for forty years. Natural laws, like the law of gravity, the laws of thermodynamics, seem to last a lot longer.

    Maybe it should have been called Moore's Conjecture, or Moore's Trend.

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  2. Wow... by timtwobuck · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did anyone ever, for even a second, think that this would hold true forever?

    People call this Moore's "Law", but is it really a law in the same sense as for example, Newton's laws, or the laws of thermodynamics? I mean, these are two examples that are here to stay...

  3. Moore's law will need a new name... by SenatorOrrinHatch · · Score: -1, Redundant

    After all, you can't really say he has an understanding of it if he thinks it will end. So will it be renamed once he's proven wrong?

    Probably not.

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