08-01-2008, 07:52 PM
Quote:Good example is the transistor size (and PC memory).
It's not only a good example of how technology advances exponentially but also how we underestimate long term tech advancements. Moore's Law is based on the amount of transisters we can fit within a certain 2 dimensional space. Because of this, about ten years from now Moore's Law will become meaningless. Following the advancements set by Moore's Law, by about 2020 the distance between transisters on a chip will be measured in atoms. At this point the paradigm that Moore's Law describes won't be efficient to advance and we will move on to 3 dimensional chip design paradigms.