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"Law" my *ss. At least call it Moore's Belief but rather just forget about it.

• martin_balsam 5y ago
  The number of people who believe that Moore’s Law is dead doubles every 18 months -Jim Keller
  • 1cvmask 5y ago
    That should be Keller’s law
  • ksec 5y ago
    Except Jim Keller refers Moore’s Law to transistor improvement and not doubling of anything, whether that is transistor or performance. We broke the 2x graph for some time already. But that doesn't mean we are not getting 1.7x.
• Melkman 5y ago
  A silicon atom is about 111pm. So 90 atoms is 10nm. What is the minimum size of a feature in atoms before running in to problems with physics?
  • rini17 5y ago
    Oh, they ran into problems with physics long ago. And so far solved them.
  • marcosdumay 5y ago
    > What is the minimum size of a feature in atoms before running in to problems with physics? About 10nm. High-end chips have been there for ages now. Fighting those problems takes quite a bit of creativity.
  • brennanpeterson 5y ago
    As a rule of thumb, about 10 unit cells (5nm). There are some exceptions, but this is a useful number. That means that practically, the smallest conceivable metal pitch is 10nm, the smallest gate is 20. From 5nm, it implies a factor of 10 is left, or about 3-4 nodes.i expect lower scaled nodes at larger delays, but another 15-20 years.
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