Nanowires Hold the Key to Future Electronics

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I wrote the article linked above in 2006. The limit of Moore's Law is 6.25 is around
transistors on a CPU chip. Signal-to-noise-ratio, SNR, is the limiting factor, where the noise is thermal noise and the signal voltage is limited by the low breakdown threshold of nano semiconductors.
You can change the rule to make it last, but Gordon Moore himself is the final arbiter since he invented this "law."
Clayton L. Hallmark

Clayton Hallmark of OH 7:03AM December 28, 2009

I would have to say, it's either entirely too late, or entirely too early in the
history of computing to call it an unofficial rule. Or possibly, it's got it's own
headspace in fixed captions.

Chris of CA 10:01PM December 01, 2009