January 13, 2003
A maximum of 600 years left for Moore's Law
This is good fun. A physicist computes the absolute boundaries on how much computation you could possible get out of matter. Quantum theory of course limits the information that can be contained in matter since there are non zero minimal energies to account for. It turns out that to apply Moore's Law on the doubling in capacity of integrated circuits for another 600 years would consume all available resources in the universe as part of the computation. Finiteness is a humbling thing.
Posted by Claus at January 13, 2003 10:46 PMComments (post your own)
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