Moore's Law Debate

The cluster focuses on discussions about whether Moore's Law is still valid, has ended, or is slowing down, referencing transistor density trends, physical limits, and shifts in chip performance gains.

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Lordarminius Jul 6, 2016 View on HN

Maybe because Moore's law is reaching it theoretical limits?

UpshotKnothole Sep 27, 2018 View on HN

Is Moore’s Law still in effect? I was under the impression that progress had slowed considerably in the last few years.

Aerbil313 Jul 14, 2023 View on HN

Keep in mind Moore's law is coming to its end.

cft Dec 20, 2018 View on HN

Because Moore's law has ended.

throwawayjava Oct 5, 2019 View on HN

Do we have a few more iterations of Moore's law?

buboard Aug 13, 2019 View on HN

hasn't Moore's law stopped for a while now?

ipsum2 Jan 14, 2021 View on HN

Moore's law is fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law#/media/File:Moore'...

sklogic Dec 8, 2015 View on HN

Moore's law held faithfully for decades. Not any more.

bilsbie Oct 4, 2025 View on HN

We don’t have moores law anymore. Why are the chips obseleting so quickly?

NikkiA May 27, 2019 View on HN

Moore's law was that transistor density doubles roughly every 18 months. That 'law' has not ended (15nm ->7nm, for example), it's just that the gains are being used for things other than clock speed.