Students there created a presentation that explores the background of Moore's Law as well as early , present-day , and future limits on the law. Click here for a special offer. Click here for our free newsletter. Since chips power computers, DVD players, video cameras, and just about every other electronic gadget imaginable, the smaller, cheaper, and faster they get, the more fun you can have with technology. But lately Silicon Valley wags have been worried that Moore's Law will come to a screeching halt.
Electronic circuits can only get so tiny.
In about 10 years, they'll get to be only a few atoms apart, and after that they can't get any smaller. If chips stop getting cheaper and more powerful, that could put the brakes on technological progress. But hold your horses. In fact, they're leaving it in the dust. In recent years, computer graphics, storage, and networking have been zipping ahead at a clip that makes the merely exponential look downright sluggish.