Has Moore's Law Been Repealed? An Economist's Perspective

Moore's law in the semiconductor industry came to mean regular, predictable introductions of new manufacturing technology that enabled denser electronics. Adoption of new manufacturing technology, and its effect on silicon wafer-processing costs, determined how rapidly transistor manufacturing...

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Published inComputing in science & engineering Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 29 - 40
Main Author Flamm, Kenneth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.03.2017
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
computer performance
Computers
economic impact of technological change
Economics
economics of innovation
Electronics industry
industrial economics
Manufacturing
Moore's Law
Production costs
Program processors
Scientific computing
Semiconductor devices
semiconductor industry
Silicon wafers
Transistors
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Summary:Moore's law in the semiconductor industry came to mean regular, predictable introductions of new manufacturing technology that enabled denser electronics. Adoption of new manufacturing technology, and its effect on silicon wafer-processing costs, determined how rapidly transistor manufacturing costs declined. In recent years, both cost decline rates and other economically valuable technical benefits flowing from use of the newest chip-making technology seem to have substantially diminished.
ISSN:1521-9615
1558-366X
DOI:10.1109/MCSE.2017.30