Re:Moore's law hits the roof
by marcosdumay on Sunday December 27, 2015 @07:50AM
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If you mean innovation in software, yes, that's probably the time for that.
If you mean innovation in specialized hardware, it's just too early. Those last iterations of fab improvement threw the prices over the roof, everything is expensive now. If Moore's law is really over, things will get cheap as they get stale, but not now.
If you mean innovation on fabrication, well, there's still some fat to cut on power consumption, and if one comes out with an absolutely flawless process, higher frequencies are still possible. But overall, one can not innovate against the laws of Nature.
If you mean innovation in specialized hardware, it's just too early. Those last iterations of fab improvement threw the prices over the roof, everything is expensive now. If Moore's law is really over, things will get cheap as they get stale, but not now.
If you mean innovation on fabrication, well, there's still some fat to cut on power consumption, and if one comes out with an absolutely flawless process, higher frequencies are still possible. But overall, one can not innovate against the laws of Nature.