Any conversation among semiconductor experts will inevitably drift to the end of Moore’s Law. We all like to speculate about it, but the truth is that no one can put a precise date on when it will end. We do know, however, that we’ve seen a big slowdown in the post-2000 period in the performance and efficiency gains that we’ve been able to achieve year after year. Fortunately, for at least one aspect of computing efficiency, we’ve seen more rapid improvements than expected, and we believe these will continue for at least a few more years...
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