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It depends on how one defines transistor but I believe there is no known fundamental limit. If transistor as switch is sufficient then single-atom transistors have been demonstrate…

All it means is average transistor density went up. It's supposed to mean by 2x but, in practice, it doesn't even mean that really. i.e. "At the 2020 IEEE IEDM conference, TSMC rep…

I think it's also a direct consequence of scale and the commoditization of most software. You can't have people on a team of 10 all going in their own direction on their own schedu…

Probably we need a firmer definition of "create" but I think the main thing that holds people back is it takes a ton of work and focus to get to state-of-the-art in most fields. Ma…

Moore's Law has been entirely coopted by the media and, as such, lost all meaning and predictive power, which is what made it famous in the first place. Once upon a time it was a u…

I suppose it depends on who the measure is for. If it's for engineers: In 2024 a single metric is going to be far too simplistic to realistically drive any decision. If it's for th…

If developer grievances about Apple have been simmering for years, perhaps they can simmer longer. Apple will make the change that they're forced to make. Developers aren't forcing…

This will all blow over in a week. But once the control is lost, it’s gone forever.

If it’s not this then it’s that. I.e. https://time.com/6835975/google-gemini-backlash-bias/ None of the large tech companies lack of embarrassment.

They want to minimize the amount of control lost. You cant find the limit without testing the limit.

It's getting denser, but just not as fast as logic. https://www.techpowerup.com/309331/tsmc-n3-nodes-show-sram-s... You can make them smaller (like 20%) but those SRAMs suck electr…

No. Every shrink, in theory, is supposed to mean you could have twice as many transistors per unit area. So although dimensions of transistors are similar from say 7nm to 5nm one s…

> schools/universities appear to systematically increasingly de-prioritize, presumably because it is seen as too technical. The statement is correct: universities are de-prioritizi…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johanmoreno/2021/01/22/waymo-ce... "Krafcik made the point, as some analysts predict autonomous vehicle technology will be too expensive to adopt en ma…

If they want me to take a ride tomorrow, they won't cancel on me today.