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To: PKRBKR who wrote (929387)	4/6/2016 7:58:27 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1577940

Moore’s law really is dead this time The chip industry is no longer going to treat Gordon Moore's law as the target to aim for. by Peter Bright - Feb 10, 2016 7:22pm CST ( You obviously haven't been keeping up ) arstechnica.com excerpt: Rather than focus on the technology used in the chips, the new roadmap will take an approach it describes as "More than Moore." The growth of smartphones and Internet of Things, for example, means that a diverse array of sensors and low power processors are now of great importance to chip companies. The highly integrated chips used in these devices mean that it's desirable to build processors that aren't just logic and cache, but which also include RAM, power regulation, analog components for GPS, cellular, and Wi-Fi radios, or even microelectromechanical components such as gyroscopes and accelerometers.

To: PKRBKR who wrote (929387)	4/7/2016 8:46:33 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577940

Bentover like about so many other things has no clue what he talks about. While the silicon wafers in 80-90 % of the cases are easy to process - thus commodities - what they put on top of them is not and as for the leading edge technology in chip design can only be achieved very few places and in some of those exclusively in the USA. Check on Ambarella (AMBA) for an example, they don't even use leading edge geometry silicon and still have no serious competition. Ambarella is a US corporation with head quarters in Silicon Valley. What a coincidence :) /Taro