Pushing computers to the limit

**MIG-31** · Jul 25, 2004, 06:39 PM

BBC Click Online's Spencer Kelly looks at the ever increasing speed of processors and wonders how long computers can keep getting faster. The more transistors can fit on a chip, the more processing power a computer has.

The closer together the transistors are, the quicker they can transfer signals between them, and so the faster they run. And researchers have been squeezing more and more onto chips at a pretty constant rate. In 1965 Gordon Moore, co-founder of chip giant Intel, stated that the number of transistors on a chip will continue to double every 18-24 months.

In the next 40 years, transistor counts went from 2,300 to 55 million, as Moore's Law continued to hold true.

Full article: bbc.co.uk/technology

Distroyed · Jul 26, 2004, 05:06 AM

Its called the .1 barrier... the size of the electron limits computer processing in its current use of electricity to transfer information. Replace that with a photon-based signal and then we're talking

YeCkeL · Jul 26, 2004, 07:02 AM

No pics of it installed in a board? weak hehe

Jul 25, 2004, 06:39 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Pushing computers to the limit BBC Click Online's Spencer Kelly looks at the ever increasing speed of processors and wonders how long computers can keep getting faster. The more transistors can fit on a chip, the more processing power a computer has. The closer together the transistors are, the quicker they can transfer signals between them, and so the faster they run. And researchers have been squeezing more and more onto chips at a pretty constant rate. In 1965 Gordon Moore, co-founder of chip giant Intel, stated that the number of transistors on a chip will continue to double every 18-24 months. In the next 40 years, transistor counts went from 2,300 to 55 million, as Moore's Law continued to hold true. Full article: bbc.co.uk/technology

Jul 26, 2004, 05:06 AM	#2
Distroyed DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 170 Rep Power: 0	Its called the .1 barrier... the size of the electron limits computer processing in its current use of electricity to transfer information. Replace that with a photon-based signal and then we're talking

Jul 26, 2004, 07:02 AM	#3
YeCkeL DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kansas City, Mo Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	No pics of it installed in a board? weak hehe