Moore’s Law holds, for now

Jonathan Fildes at the BBC:

Screenhunter_12_sep_19_1627Intel has shown off what it says are the world’s first working chips which contain transistors with features just 32 billionths of a metre wide.

Their production means the industry axiom that has underpinned all chip development for the last 40 years, known as Moore’s Law, remains intact.

Speaking to BBC News, Dr Gordon Moore said that he expected the proposition that bears his name should continue “for at least another decade”.

More here.  [Thanks to P.D. Smith.]