Moore's Law is no longer tenable, as microchip manufacturing has (ironically) hit it's the technological limits.
aww..... that's just precious.
jbreher, are you suggesting that it's possible to break the laws of physics in order to continue with Moore's law? We're going to build transistors out of something that's smaller than 1 silicon atom, yeah? you're pretty cute yourself, lol
Why, no, Carlton. I am suggesting that your assertion is that we are at the end of Moore's 'law' scaling due to fundamental technological limits in microchip manufacturing is absolute twaddle.
dont worry about CB, he know literally nothing..
much easier to just inform him
if you cant make something half the size then you:
make it do the same thing faster.
make it do more than one task
or even
make twice as many of the items.
end result is more porformance growth
The "law" states not that the amount of transistors per area would double every year (or more accurately, 16-18 months), but simply that the amount of transistors on a board would double. New chip standards could mean slightly larger chips, slightly thicker chips, ability for efficient usage of multiple chips (SLI is a joke)
BU may not be the perfect change, but it's damn well better than the indecision, conflict and idleness when it comes to the blocks use debate which we have now.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you better make your move. I've made mine.