it's possible.
Gordon Moore wrote:
It can't continue forever. The nature of exponentials is that you push them out and eventually disaster happens. In terms of size [of transistors] you can see that we're approaching the size of atoms which is a fundamental barrier, but it'll be two or three generations before we get that far—but that's as far out as we've ever been able to see. We have another 10 to 20 years before we reach a fundamental limit. By then they'll be able to make bigger chips and have transistor budgets in the billions.
he's got a point.
but then, i guess that's where nanotechnology makes a grand entry.
i attended a conference on current trends in nanotechnology and its applications in computer science. it was hosted by a joint indo-french group of scientists, and they did have some cool ideas..
but the stuff they said is not really feasible to produce on a massive scale...at least, not for the next 10 years.
i guess chips may start growing in size....or they may apply layering, have, you know, different layers full of transistors. they might even look into quantum tunneling, though it seems intel already uses it.
some people say, that we'd reach a singularity point, where moore's law won't apply, and the progress we see in years would take place, like, in 3 seconds!
jeez....imagine downloading new compiler toolchains and manuals, and then reading them, and then seeing it become obsolete in a matter of hours
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