Intel Celebrates 50 Years of Moore's Law

[btarunr]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, an unspoken agreement between the electronics industry and the world economy that inspires engineers, inventors and entrepreneurs to think about what is possible. Moore's Law enables much of today's innovation - wearable technology, genomic sequencing, smart cities -and is helping industries tackle seemingly intractable problems and turning fantastic ideas into profitable business ventures. What will the next 50 years hold?



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[Norton]

What will the next 50 years hold?

GTA X and Crysis will be playable on your toaster

and Half Life 3 will almost be ready

 

[esrever]

Moore's law is already dead according to the original formulation.

 

[Caring1]

And here I was thinking Moore's Law was about limits that can't be breached, not inspiration to innovate.
How did people invent things before this law came along ......

 

[R-T-B]

Moore's law is already dead according to the original formulation.

This. And Moore's law has nothing to do with why development happened. It simply predicted the rate at which it would occur.

 

[Hood]

Ain't he the guy who keeps making me upgrade every 2 years? Maybe now that his law is hittin' the wall, I can spend money on something else, like my car and house. No wonder Gordon is worth almost 7 billion - we all have computers that are much faster than the NASA mainframes during most of the space program. Remember when storage was measured in kilobytes and megabytes? I now have over 11 terabytes in my PC, and 9 more on external drives. The plumbing and wiring in my water-cooled rig is more complicated than a Russian-made atomic bomb, and even less likely to explode. How did it it all get so out of control? Thanks, Gordy!

 

[xvi]

we all have computers that are much faster than the NASA mainframes during most of the space program.

..but the complexity of the tasks have increased as well.

GTA X and Crysis will be playable on your toaster
and Half Life 3 will almost be ready

I'unno. Quite a while ago, people promised me refrigerators with computers in them that would keep track of groceries and e-mail you when you got low on things. I'm still waiting for that.

 

[buggalugs]

..but the complexity of the tasks have increased as well.

I'unno. Quite a while ago, people promised me refrigerators with computers in them that would keep track of groceries and e-mail you when you got low on things. I'm still waiting for that.

Pretty sure they already got those fridges. Google smart fridges theres heaps from LG and Samsung

http://www.lg.com/us/refrigerators/lg-LFX31995ST-french-3-door-refrigerator

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...-what-to-buy-cook-and-eat-20120109-1ps9z.html