This great article supports that. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-death-of-moores-law-will-spur-innovation http://spectrum.ieee.org/semicondu

This great article supports that. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-death-of-moores-law-will-spur-innovation http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-death-of-... It has a great graph of engineering effort vs Moore's law which made it cheaper to just wait for a faster chip then put in the effort.