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Is Moore’s Law Really Dead?

Is Moore’s Law Really Dead?

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Virginia Heffernan
Nov 22, 2022
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The words “time” “costs” and “production” being crushed in a press
Wired illustration/photo SHAWN MICHAEL JONES.

OHM’S LAW (V = IR) states that the voltage across a conductor is proportional to the current flowing through it. Hooke’s law (Fs = -kx) states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance. Moore’s law states—

Well, that one doesn’t state. It wagers. It …

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