I think the VLSI is coming sooner than you expect! There are already teams trying to build a 4 bit microprocessor. And when they get the layering and packagin

I think the VLSI is coming sooner than you expect! There are already teams trying to build a 4 bit microprocessor. And when they get the layering and packaging working, scaling is going to go a LOT faster than Moore's law did because so much of the technology from silicon will just be reusable. [1] http://www.imapsource.org/doi/abs/10.4071/2016-HITEC-242?code=imap-site http://www.imapsource.org/doi/abs/10.4071/2016-HITEC-242?cod... [2] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/meetings/archive/vexag_14/presentations/21-Zetterling%20-SiC-Electronics.pdf https://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/meetings/archive/vexag_14/pre...