Why semiconductor companies need to move away from the smaller, faster, cheaper mantra.
-Thu, 03/06/08
In the 1960's Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, made the lofty statement that semiconductor companies would continue to double the number of transistors they could fit on a chip every 2 years. Now known as Moore's Law, this phenomenon has held eerily true for decades. It was also the main driver behind the growth in the semiconductor industry. Semiconductor behemoths like AMD and Intel have been in a relentless race to continue making their products smaller, faster and cheaper. Year after year.
