http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030918.gttwtico18/BNStory/Technology/
The limits on Moore's Law are approaching like the end of the runway to an overloaded jumbo jet -- 15 year really is not all that far away. Assuming we will still need increases in processing capacity [when we consider that 15 years conservatively represents processors running at a 6 THz pace it is about as hard to consider how we will need such processing power as it is to imagine how we will keep them cool], then other methods will be needed to continue computing's colossal curve of conquest.
One option is nanotechnology, which in its "mildest" form -- that is, the capacity simply to create useful objects at the molecular form -- appears like a solidly-devolping technology. This article explores some of the potentials behind this development.
Posted by jho at September 25, 2003 11:06 AM