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I've been jesting for years that it should be referred to as "Moore's business plan", except it isn't a joke.

That business plan is no longer functional for Intel. Translated, Moore's business plan was to shrink die size, and speed up clocks, so much as to obsolete their previous offering with an 18 month half life.

It just doesn't work that way anymore, and hasn't for quite some time.

Engelbart's Scaling Observation[0], on the other hand, remains quite interesting, and from what I see remains in force. Genetics in particular is still pulling exponential gains out of the luminiferous ether.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbart%27s_law




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