Intel could create a chip with one trillion transistors by 2030 says its CEO،
Moore's Law is an observation first made by Fairchild Semiconductors and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. The original version of Moore's Law, created in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors in a chip would double every year. In the 1970s, Moore was forced to revise his observation and modify it to say that the number of transistors would double every two years. Pat Gelsinger, Intel's current CEO, says the pace has slowed to the point where the number of transistors in a chip can be expected to double every three years.
Gelsinger said during his speech: “I think we've been declaring the death of Moore's Law for about three to four decades. ” And while that may be true, he admitted that “we're no longer in the golden age of Moore's Law, it's much, much harder now, so we're probably effectively doubling closer every three years now, so we've we've definitely seen a slowdown. » Intel's CEO proposes a “Super Moore's Law” concept based on using 2.5D and 3D chip packaging to increase the number of transistors. Gelsinger also calls this “Moore’s Law 2.0.”
Gelsinger also said that by 2030, Intel could create a chip with a trillion transistors. Four things the CEO mentioned could make this happen, including RibbonFET transistors. Like the Gate-All-Around transistors currently used by Samsung Foundy with its 3nm production, with RibbonFET the gate covers all four sides of the channel, reducing current leakage and increasing drive current.
Gerlsinger also points out that the company's economic situation has recently changed. “Seven or eight years ago, a modern manufacturing plant would have cost about $10 billion,” he said. “Now it costs about $20 billion, so you’ve seen a different change in the economy.”