The future of technology is in constant change. Where will it lead us to next?
Investopedia describes Moore’s Law as “An observation made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965. He noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their invention. Moore’s law predicts that this trend will continue into the foreseeable future. Although the pace has slowed, the number of transistors per square inch has since doubled approximately every 18 months. This is used as the current definition of Moore's law.”
We have all noticed several changes in the amount of information that can be stored in our computers, the size of the computers, as well as the accessories that can be used as personal computers. The technology has been steadily changing, and shrinking by the year. The article, Moore’s Law and Knowledge Management has a clear understanding of the changes that have taken place with the development of technology in the computer industry. Beginning in 1970, and continuing over the next 30 some years, ‘the processors have become ten thousand times faster, have ten thousand times as many transistors, and the transistors used have shrunk by a factor of ten thousand…”.
As with everything else, all things must come to an end; but when will the end of Moore’s Law be?
http://www.uberpulse.com/us/2008/02/moores_law_ends_in_2010_cadence_
This is the website to a great video explaining what the techs think about the conclusion of Moore’s Law, how far they believe it will continue due to the ever approaching limitations. As stated in Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing, “the shrinking can’t go on forever, and we’re already starting to see three interrelated forces—size, heat, and power—threatening to slow down the Moore’s Law gravy train.” It will be interesting to see what will be the new “Moore’s Law” once we have pushed Mother Nature to the limits of size and capacity.
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