It was 50 years ago when Gordon Moore, research boss at Fairchild Semiconductor, made a prediction in Electronics Magazine, which will later be known as Moore's Law.

Back on April 19, 1965, Gordon Moore made a prediction in Electronics Magazine saying that for a period of next 50 years the number of transistors on a computer chip would double every year while the cost of the chip would remain constant. The same prediction was later revised to say that the number of transistors will double every two years instead, which became known as the Moore's Law.

That same prediction noted that we will see smaller, faster computers that will fit on our desks, and "lead to such wonders as home computers - or at least terminals connected to a central computer - automatic controls for automobiles, and personal portable communications equipment."

While it did work for the last 50 years, Moore's Law has a big barrier in physics as, eventually, it will not be possible to put so many transistors on a single chip because chips are getting smaller.

Intel has recently launched 14nm chips and there have been plenty of talk about 10nm and 7nm manufacturing process but pushing beyond 7nm will get too hard and we might see the end of Moore's Law, or at least a birth of a different concept of that same prediction.





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