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I don't think the end of moore's law means no reduction in prices though. A lot (most) of the cost of the chips is really the capital cost of building a new x n
by martinald 4y ago
I don't think the end of moore's law means no reduction in prices though. A lot (most) of the cost of the chips is really the capital cost of building a new x nanometre fabs and the chip design etc. If they can be used for longer (as new smaller processes are taking longer and longer) it will still result in cost reductions, hopefully.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI've also been lead to believe that silicon wafers of appropriate purity are enormously expensive as well, so packing more transistors per unit was important for the economics there. Nevertheless, you're correct that cost pressures will probably lead to other ways of finding efficiencies. Still, it feels like the fun part of those curves are behind us these days.