Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:42:23 10/21/03
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On October 21, 2003 at 10:00:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 20, 2003 at 23:32:37, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On October 16, 2003 at 18:49:55, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >> >>>1. Moore's law is NOT A LAW. Its going to come to an end by 2020, if not >>>earlier. >> >>I doubt it. As each technology reaches its limits, a new one comes along. For >>instance, by the time transistors hit the size limit, 3-D molecular computing >>will have arrived. >> >>Dave > > >QED moore's law ends. Note that Moore's law is _not_ about doubling the >speed of a processor every 18 months to two years. It is about doubling >the _density_ of electronic parts. However, a more general form of the principle is that every 18 months compute power for the same number of dollars doubles. That effect may continue for some time.
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