Mihir Srivastava

What has been the impact of the different aspects of Moore’s Law on the development and evolution of memory technologies and logic architectures, and where may the semiconductor industry go in the future as the impact of Moore’s Law diminishes?

Started Mar. 9, 2022

Abstract or project description

Moore’s Law emerged in the 1970s due to the technological and economic conditions in the microprocessor industry at the time - however, in today’s environment, Moore’s Law has started to subside due to different technological and economic conditions. This is because Moore’s Law has had a large impact in driving the microprocessor industry to solely focus on reducing transistor size and increasing transistor count - which has led to other aspects of microprocessor design, such as the development of new ISAs, or different computing techniques, stagnating. I would like to examine the specific conditions and changes in the microprocessor industry that have directly caused both the rise and the fall of Moore’s Law - and from them, how they may lead the microprocessor industry into a future without Moore’s Law.