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Computer Design Starts Over.

To maintain Moore’s law, the semiconductor industry decided a decade ago that a new transistor was imperative. That silver bullet has yet to materialize, but computer design innovations are now maintaining or even exceeding expected scaling progress. This theme issue gives a cross-sectional view of...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 14 - 18
Main Author: DeBenedictis, Erik P.
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Aug2017
Subjects:
Semiconductor industry
Moore's law
Scalability
Computer architecture
Computer performance
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:To maintain Moore’s law, the semiconductor industry decided a decade ago that a new transistor was imperative. That silver bullet has yet to materialize, but computer design innovations are now maintaining or even exceeding expected scaling progress. This theme issue gives a cross-sectional view of these new scaling drivers.