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Moore's law is effectively dried up. We're at or within sight of the physical limits.


I’d describe Moore’s law drying up within the next decade as a 40% likelihood, and it would really hurt a lot of products and companies.

For example, this might be the last video game console generation.


To put it in perspective, 7nm is 35 silicon atoms wide. So we have a handful of process shrinks left before we absolutely cannot go any smaller.


Dies do have room to expand into the third dimension, if they can solve heat dissipation.


Not quite "at" yet, IEDM 2019 effectively confirms Sub 1 nm possibilities.

Whether it is economically viable remains an open question.




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