Getting more from Moore's Law (BBC) - 0 views
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Jeff Johnson on 15 Oct 08The advances have underpinned everything from the rise of mobile phones to digital photography and portable music players. Chip-makers have been able to deliver many of these advances by shrinking the components on a chip. By making these building blocks, such as transistors, smaller they have become faster and firms have been able to pack more of them into the same area. But according to many industry insiders this miniaturisation cannot continue forever.