> >you motivated me to find my copy of _high speed > >semiconductor devices_, s.m. sze, ed., 1990. > > > > > > > which motivated me to dig out the post I made elsewhere : > > "Moore's law doesn't say anything about speed or power. It says > manufacturing costs will lower from technological improvements such that > the reasonably priced transistor count in an IC will double every 2 years.
this is quite an astounding thread. you brought up clock speed doubling and now refute yourself. i just noted that 48ghz is not possible with silicon non-quantium effect tech. - erik