Another consequence of Moore's law is that RAM storage capacity increases at the same rate as processing power. However, memory speeds have not increased as fast as CPU speeds in recent years, leading to a heavy reliance on caching in current computer systems.
Moore first outlined the "law" in 1965 and the rate has remained highly-consistent until now. Recent computer industry technology 'roadmaps' predict (as of 2001) that Moore's law will continue for at least another 10 years, offering another 100-fold improvement in computer speed.
Since this would put 100 GHz? personal computers in every home, and 20 GHz devices in every pocket, some commentators have speculated that sooner or later computers will meet or exceed any concievable need for computation. However, similar predictions in the past of a limited appetite for computer power have been consistently frustrated.
Although Moore's law is technically stated in terms of the number of transistors on a chip?, it is common to refer to Moore's law in reference to the rapid continuing advance in computing power per dollar cost. This form of Moore's law could continue even if certain technological or economic barriers to placing more transistors on a chip end the reign of the technical version of the law.
Extrapolation based on Moore's Law has led futurists? such as Vernor Vinge and Bruce Sterling to speculate about a technological Singularity.
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