Moore’s law really is dead this time
The problem with Moore&#x27;s law is that it is about transistors per ship but most people interpret it as computing power.<p>Intel may have shrank the chip but the chip isn&#x27;t really getting any faster. One might argue that smaller chips means more cores packed on the same dice but that&#x27;s not true either. The vast majority of computers still only have 2 or 4 cores (in fact it has become impossible to find a 4 cores ultrabook, something that existed a few years ago - Vaio z series).<p>So chips are not getting any faster. We&#x27;re not getting more of them either. They might consume a bit less energy. But as far as I can tell the icrease in computing power is dead in the water and has been for 5 years.<p>Today the only reason to replace a computer is if someone spilled some coffee on it.