Transistors Will Stop Shrinking By 2021

lotuseclat79 · Jul 25, 2016

Transistors Will Stop Shrinking By 2021

Moore’s Law has been on the ropes for a while, but the industry that exploits it has recognised that it's about to stall entirely. The Semiconductor Industry Association—made up of the likes of Intel, AMD, and Global Foundries—has published its 2015 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. It suggests that, after decades of miniaturization, transistors look set to stop shrinking in size altogether by 2021. The news could be seen as rather bleak. But there are, fortunately, other ways to make computers more capable. We can expect chips to become more specialized—accelerating specific algorithms for, say, graphics processing and artificial intelligence applications, rather than being fast all-rounders. And the geometry of chips will likely change, too, with manufacturers building up multiple layers of circuitry one on top of the other as a means of increasing transistor density. Moore’s Law may be dead, but innovation isn't.
ore’s Law Is Dead. Now What?

Shrinking transistors have powered 50 years of advances in computing—but now other ways must be found to make computers more capable.
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International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors Examines Next 15 Years of Chip Innovation

FINAL INSTALLMENT OF BIANNUAL REPORT OUTLINES SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY
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Moore’s Law Is Dead. Now What?

Shrinking transistors have powered 50 years of advances in computing—but now other ways must be found to make computers more capable.
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