﻿ Moore's Law: the end is near-ish! | ZDNet  Moore's Law: the
end is near-ish!  Summary: Many agree that one of the key
driving forces of the computer revolution is the ability to
provide consumers with devices of ever increasing power. Every
year manufacturers put out a new line of more powerful products
– twice as powerful, in fact, every 18 months. And, if we can
believe Michio Kaku, in his book the Physics of the Future, this
is about to come to an end.   Moore’s Law is named after Intel
co-founder Gordon E. Moore, who described the trend in his 1965
paper Cramming more components onto integrated circuits.   His
predictions were uncanny. Predicting the role in integrated
circuits in homes, personal computers, automobiles, and what he
called personal portable communication equipment. Moore’s Law
has been the keystone in long-term planning in the semiconductor
industry for research and development. In his book the Physics
of the Future, Kaku suggests that this is about to come to an
end.   In 2020 it is est