.. Even a modest deceleration of Moore's law can have a dramatic effect: a five per cent reduction in the pace of gate-length shrinkage -- from 16 percent to 11

.. Even a modest deceleration of Moore's law can have a dramatic effect: a five per cent reduction in the pace of gate-length shrinkage -- from 16 percent to 11 per cent per year -- increases the available time to develop products within a technology generation by 50 per cent, from two years up to three. Great observation except a reduction of 16% to 11% a year is closer to a 30% reduction in pace. Although this only makes the point stronger. If we are indeed on a 3 year cadence instead of 2. This is a significant change in the rate of More's law.