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Although I do agree that Open Hardware has a bright future, I'd just like to point out that people have been calling the end of transistor size scaling for a fe
by j_m_f 15y ago
Although I do agree that Open Hardware has a bright future, I'd just like to point out that people have been calling the end of transistor size scaling for a few decades, and technology keeps finding ways to get around the limitations (strained silicon, high-k metal gates, finFETs, etc.).
- Estragon 15y agoFrom the article: > 5 nm is about the space between 100 silicon atoms, so even if this > guess is wrong, it can be wrong by no more than a few technology > generations.
- j_m_f 15y agoMy point is that, even in that case (current silicon scaling stopping at 5nm), there are a lot of potential technologies that could allow Moore's law to continue (nanowires, III-V materials, etc.).