Moore's law is becoming obsolete

[ambam]

Moore's law says that the number of transistors inside of a microchip will double every few years. But the laws of physics will eventually prohibit the size of a transistor from possibly becoming any smaller. At what size (in nanometers) does this take effect? The smallest consumer microprocessor currently is 32nm, with 22nm chips expected next year.

What will the computer industry do to make microchips faster and more efficient when transistors cannot possibly be any smaller?

 

[sarwar_r87]

some say we we will b stuck at 22nm for a while. 10-15nm is possible but hard. some say beyond 10nm it may not be possible any more

 

[choirbass]

i would say changing the make up of the transistors themselves, or just replacing them altogether (no more silicon, etc) *shrug*

moores law might still stay in effect given that.

 

[hell_storm2004]

Going to 10-15nm would take a while. I agree that 22nm will stay on for a while. We will be squeezing processors to its last drop with 22nm! Don't know where we would go on from there. Maybe something else would come up in place of transistors! Who knows!

 

[ambam]

Going to 10-15nm would take a while. I agree that 22nm will stay on for a while. We will be squeezing processors to its last drop with 22nm! Don't know where we would go on from there. Maybe something else would come up in place of transistors! Who knows!

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