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Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by qznc on Monday February 27, 2017 @10:49AM (#13745046)
> when Moore's Law hits physical limits?

It already did. Sophie Wilson said [0] its 28nm for ever. Scaling further makes no economic sense (unless you really need the space, e.g. in Smartphones).

[0] https://youtu.be/_9mzmvhwMqw?t=34m4s

Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by strictnein on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:03AM (#13745166)
> It already did. Sophie Wilson said [0] its 28nm for ever.

That's not quite what her slide said. It's that the transistors on 14nm are _currently_ more expensive than those at 28nm, although that may change.

And then she states that only some things will make sense to do at less than 28nm. But a lot of the really big players are already at 14nm or will be there very shortly. Apple, Intel, Samsung, AMD and Nvidia are at 14nm now, either for their newest products or ones to be introduced later this year.

Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by deepnotderp on Monday February 27, 2017 @04:15PM (#13748142)
fwiw, 14/16nm is now cheaper than 28nm due to wafer price cuts and improved yields
Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by obsurveyor on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:06AM (#13745187)
Are you talking about something different here? Kaby Lake is 14nm.
Re:What happened to clockless computer chips? by sqeaky on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:08PM (#13745738)
We have a really small sample size and forever is a long time.