Moore's Law
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Jesse Gersenson
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Re: Moore's Law
What are the alternatives to using transistors?
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Dann Corbit
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Re: Moore's Law
From:Jesse Gersenson wrote:What are the alternatives to using transistors?
https://philosophynow.org/issues/86/The ... y_Kurzweil
Research is well under way. When we read about circuits built from carbon nanotubes (one nanometer = one billionth of one meter), molecular rings, or DNA switches, or photonic and quantum computers, the line between science and science fiction fades. One much anticipated breakthrough will be a three-dimensional circuit, working in parallel like the brain. Design seems limited only by the laws of physics, and cost is limited by energy loss through heat, which equates with inefficiency. Today’s ‘irreversible’ circuits generate heat. Tomorrow’s ‘reversible’ circuits will not.
It is, of course, possible that the new technology will be something that nobody has imagined yet.
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Dann Corbit
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Re: Moore's Law
An interesting presentation:
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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 5w&cad=rja
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bob
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Re: Moore's Law
Always been talk about optics. IBM even developed some optical "gates" years ago. But similar problems show up in terms of physical size and propagation delays...Jesse Gersenson wrote:What are the alternatives to using transistors?
As of right now there is no competing technology. Will there ever be one? Unknown. "never" is a very long time.