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August 21st, 2008

Can Moore's Law last another 40 years?

Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:59 pm

Categories: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Innovation, Intel

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At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel’s Justin Rattner and Michael Garner talk about materials and processes that will be used in the next 40 years to increase chip performance and advance production. Rattner and Garner discuss the future use of CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology and carbon-based devices such as carbon nanotubes.

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RE: Can Moore's Law last another 40 years?
No. Once we move from CMOS the rate of increase will be faster. (Read the rest)
Posted by: robert.quinton Posted on: 08/24/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Maybe...  John L. Ries | 08/21/08
Optical CPUs, Quantum CPU's...  T1Oracle | 08/21/08
I'd say yes, but not as you think.  TripleII | 08/21/08
RE: Can Moore's Law last another 40 years?  robert.quinton | 08/24/08

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