1. Moore’s Law No Moore? Presented by: Cutting Edge Homework Development

2. Goordon H. Moore Co-founder of Intel Observed the number of transistors in chips would double every 18-24 months So far, Moore’s Law has fairly accurately predicted the growth of transistor counts.

4. Today’s Chips Manufacturers try to make transistors as close together as possible to make a chip smaller and faster. Create so much heat only part of the chip can be used at a time Chips are using wires that are as thin as 90 nanometers

5. The theory Wires can only get so thin. Before the distances between conductors is not sufficient to differentiate between 0 and 1 (off or on) and current is prone to leak to the insulating material, causing unintended shorts The thinnest a wire can get is estimated at 100 nanometers

6. Intel’s Solution Use more cores in processors Replace SiO 2 with a new dielectric (a nonconductor of direct electric current) known as “high-K”. However it is not compatible with their current gate electrode.

7. Alternatives: Spintronics Spintronics is an emergent technology which exploits the quantum propensity of electrons to spin as well as making use of their charge state. The spin itself is manifested as a detectable weak magnetic energy state characterised as "spin up" and "spin down"

8. Alternatives: Nanotubes Nanotubes are a one atom thick layer of graphite that has been rolled into a cylinder. Nanotube based transistors can be made to operate at room temperature and unlike silicon, they don't leak.

9. Alternatives: Crossbar Latches This technology is being created by Hewlett-Packard, and allows much the same functionality of transistors, except on a molecular scale. They consist of a signal line crossed by two control lines. Depending on the voltages sent down the various lines, it can simulate the action of the three major logic gates: And, Or, and Not.