I think the CEO's statement is more accurately interpreted when realizing the limitations of silicon and the costs (cash, R&D, changes to manufacturing plants) of using an alternative material. It is much less costly to redefine coding methodologies than to discover a new material to contend with shrinking dies and growing temperatures. In addition, adding cores is already an obvious trend, and as such will shape future programming fundamentals. In others words, he is assuming that the "multi" core market will continue to grow and without parallel programming Moore's Law will be unnecessary to follow.
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I think the CEO's statement is more accurately interpreted when realizing the limitations of silicon and the costs (cash, R&D, changes to manufacturing plants) of using an alternative material. It is much less costly to redefine coding methodologies than to discover a new material to contend with shrinking dies and growing temperatures. In addition, adding cores is already an obvious trend, and as such will shape future programming fundamentals. In others words, he is assuming that the "multi" core market will continue to grow and without parallel programming Moore's Law will be unnecessary to follow.