In Hindsight: Tech Quotes That Got the Future Right and Wrong
Tech leaders love predicting the future. Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they miss spectacularly, and sometimes they leave behind quotes that only get better with age.
Moores law articles
Moore's law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
University of Illinois team stacks three active silicon layers on a single chip, achieving 98-100% transistor yield
Forward-looking: For years, the chip industry has chased better performance by shrinking transistors and squeezing more of them onto a flat slice of silicon. That strategy is running into hard limits. A group at the University of Illinois thinks the next gains will come not from going smaller, but from going vertical.
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 arrives as Intel scraps Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
Dual-chiplet 3D V-Cache design pushes 208MB cache as competition tightens in high-end CPUs
Startup claims light-based chip could deliver 10x Nvidia's performance at similar power
First look: Light, not silicon, may define the next leap in computing power. That's the bet Austin-based startup Neurophos is making as it challenges the idea that Moore's Law still governs the pace of performance progress. The company is developing a photonics-driven processor designed to do what decades of transistor scaling can no longer achieve: massive compute throughput without a proportional explosion in energy use.
Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is back in chipmaking with an xLight deal worth up to $150M
Gelsinger pitches free-electron lasers as next step for Moore's Law
The microchip era may be ending – and wafer-scale systems could be what comes next
Physicists and engineers confront the technical constraints of today's most advanced processors
TSMC's 2nm wafer prices hit $30,000 as SRAM yields reportedly hit 90%
Apple, Intel, Nvidia, and others line up for next-gen chips
In context: TSMC has steadily raised the prices of its most advanced semiconductor process nodes over the past several years – so much so that one analysis suggests the cost per transistor hasn't decreased in over a decade. Further price hikes, driven by tariffs and rising development costs, are reinforcing the notion that Moore's Law is truly dead.
Intel's origin story: Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left which company to found Intel?
Initially, the new venture was named "Moore Noyce Electronics."
Rising power density and heat threaten the future of advanced semiconductors
The end of Dennard scaling is fueling a thermal crisis in next-gen chips
Jensen Huang claims Nvidia's AI chips are outpacing Moore's Law
He says it's due to Nvidia's comprehensive approach to chip development
What Are Chiplets and Why They Are So Important for the Future of Processors
While chiplets have been around for decades, today they are the hottest trend in chip making powering millions of devices from PCs, to servers, phones and wearables.
The real end of Moore's Law and the true cost of a monopoly
How TSMC's pricing power impacts the industry
Breakthrough copper wiring solution could address 2nm chip challenges as shown by Applied Materials
Trying to keep Moore's Law alive
Research team creates process to grow sub-nanometer transistors
This could lead to the development smaller, yet more powerful electronic devices
Google IT hardware manager says Moore's Law has been dead for 10 years
Was Jensen Huang right?
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says Moore's Law isn't dead, but it has slowed down
Transistors have been doubling every three years instead of two
Microsoft has an analog optical computer that doesn't use transistors to process data
Sidestepping the limits of Moore's law with lightning fast, non-binary calculations
Then and Now: How 30 Years of Progress Have Changed PCs
Over the last 30 years, the PC has utterly transformed in appearance, capability, and usage. From the hulking beige boxes to an astonishing array of powerful, colorful, and astonishing computers.
AMD CEO Lisa Su says Moore's Law isn't dead, but has slowed down
Chiplets, 3D stacking, and acceleration can help maintain gen-on-gen improvements
Tech community mourns the loss of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore
The semiconductor pioneer and Intel co-founder passed away at his home the age of 94
Blurred lines: the difference between fabless and foundry companies
A rose by any other name
Moore's Law isn't dead according to AMD, but it has changed
The big picture: On multiple occasions in recent years, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has stated that "Moore's Law is dead" to defend GPU price increases. During a summit, AMD's chief technology officer, Mark Papermaster, disputed these repeated claims and detailed the true reasoning behind higher costs.
Home Depot for DIY Chips: What's the going trend?
The chip companies are never going to really love this business
The big picture: Earlier this year we were reviewing Analyst Day slides from leading semiconductor companies and a clear theme emerged. Large companies are all shifting in a similar direction, posing some potential challenges for their long-term positions. More and more customers are looking for special purpose chips, a coping mechanism for dealing with the slowdown in Moore's Law. And the big players are all looking to support those customers.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang once again claims Moore's Law is dead
The leather-clad CEO has made the same claim several times since 2017
What is Sustainable Computing? A shift in how we develop the hardware of the future
Building sustainable computing systems is not only the conscientious thing to do, but curbing carbon emissions may result in a seismic shift in how we develop the hardware of the future.
