JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 13 August 2010 06:26:23PM 3 points [-]

Possible new barriers to Moore's Law where small chips won't have enough power to use the maximum transistor density they have available. The article also discusses how other apparent barriers (such as leaky gates) have been overcome in the past including this amusing line:

“The number of people predicting the end of Moore’s Law doubles every two years,” quips the Scandinavian Tryggve Fossum.