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Chasing the nanometer

Semiconductor Industry Association   Moore’s observation about memory density doubling every one and a half years or so was in retrospect somewhat obvious. Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for futurists and forecasters to predict technological miracles that are still forthcoming. I remember Jensen Huang saying in the early days of Nvidia, “Moore’s Law is our friend.” He was right then, ...

Jon Peddie

Semiconductor Industry Association   Moore’s observation about memory density doubling every one and a half years or so was in retrospect somewhat obvious. Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for futurists and forecasters to predict technological miracles that are still forthcoming. I remember Jensen Huang saying in the early days of Nvidia, “Moore’s Law is our friend.” He was right then, and now. But, Moore’s Law isn’t really a law—as in something that is required, a rule that must be followed, an inevitability. It was and is an economical observation. As such it has two vectors, one of economics, as stated,
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