Moore’s law is getting expensive

Gorgon Moore’s observation in 1965 about the increasing density of transistors per square millimeter of silicon while maintaining the price and yet increasing the performance is undergoing a tremendous change this year and looking forward. In 2017 the cost of a 300-mm silicon wafer went up 20% from the price this time last year. The silicon wafer suppliers have indicated that they will raise the price 20% again in 2018. This is partially due to the increased demands for higher quality silicon ingots as we push the feature size of the transistors to subatomic sizes, and partially to the increased