[quote=Hatfield]Also, Moore’s Law is in its last days, unless something happens with quantum computing. The current fab processes are approaching their technological limits. And on the airlink side we’re pretty much at the Shannon limit already. There aren’t any more large wireless spectral efficiency gains to be made anymore.
At this point it’s looking like a race to the bottom. Dunno what else to do with my QCOM shares tho. I keep waiting for that real estate correction, but not much pencils out in the areas I’d want to buy.[/quote]I’m not sure we’re near current fab process limit. According to Intel’s Tic-Toc timeline, they’re good for at least a few more cycles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Tick-Tock
Although, in 2009 Intel’s former CEO Paul S. Otellini was quoted as saying that silicon is in its last decade as the base material of the CPU, with replacement options such as Indium antimonide or optical computing. If Intel CEO stated that in 2009, that means Intel have been working on Indium antimonide or optical computing at least 5+ years ago, getting ready for the transition to the next process.
