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HTTP:: Computers Will Reach Growth Limit in 75 Years
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Since computers first appeared, they have been expanding their performances at a very fast rate, each new generation exceeding the previous by a mile, in terms of what it can do. Some 40 years ago, Intel Co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors on microchips would double every two years, as the miniaturization technology became more advanced. Thus far, Moore's Law has stood the test of time, but two physicists believe that the end of computing power development is near. They say that, in 20 to 75 years, no new advancements in terms of performance will take place. The two, Lev Levitin and Tommaso Toffolim from the Boston University in Massachusetts, say that the limit will not be technological, in that it will not depend on further miniaturization, or on the types of materials the chips and transistors are made of. They argue that the limitation will be more like a natural law, such as the one that states nothing can travel faster than the speed of !
light, LiveScience reports. “If we believe in Moore's law (...) then it would take about 75 to 80 years to achieve this quantum limit. No system can overcome that limit. It doesn't depend on the physical nature of the system or how it's implemented, what algorithm you use for computation [or] any choice of hardware and software. Th...
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