Will the evolution of the classical computer continue at the same pace as before?
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The number of transistors in a CPU continues to increase. Famously, the exponential pace of this growth over the last several decades is called Moore’s Law. What is the current status of Moore’s Law? Will the size of the transistor continue to shrink indefinitely? Can we maintain this pace for the next few years, or even a few decades? The limit of the law may be close; the size of the smallest feature is only a few times the size of a silicon atom.
Even as this growth in density slows, a great deal of room for innovation in computer systems remains. One alternative approach to making large advances in computational capabilities, at least for some problems, is quantum computing.
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