Chasing the nanometer

Semiconductor Industry Association   Moore’s observation about memory density doubling every one and a half years or so was in retrospect somewhat obvious. Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for futurists and forecasters to predict technological miracles that are still forthcoming. I remember Jensen Huang saying in the early days of Nvidia, “Moore’s Law is our friend.” He was right then, and now. But, Moore’s Law isn’t really a law—as in something that is required, a rule that must be followed, an inevitability. It was and is an economical observation. As such it has two vectors, one of economics, as stated,