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Moore's Law Fails At NAND Flash Node

Posted by Unknown on from the honey-i-couldn't-shrink-the-transistor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SanDisk sampling its 1Y-based NAND flash memory products and has revealed they are manufactured at same minimum geometry as the 1X generation: 19 nm. The author speculates that this is one of the first instances of a Moore's Law 'fail' since the self-fulfilling prophecy was made in 1965 — but that it won't be the last."

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  1. It's not a law ... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Moore's law has never been a 'law', it's a historical observation.

    It has never claimed that this will be true going forward, merely that at the time it was observed that was the case, and it's largely held up since then.

    The fact that it's held true this long is staggering, but the fact that it might be running out is hardly surprising. Moore never claimed this would continue forever.

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