Week 9 - Clear - Moore's Law

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What is Moore's Law?  Moore's law was term coined by Intel co-founder, Gordon Moore, that says the process of chip making enables more powerful chips to be made at cheaper costs.  The time frame used is roughly 18 months until faster, cheaper chips hit market.  Now as you have probably imagined this will eventually not be the case.  Chips can only get so small.  That is why Gordon Moore himself has claimed that Moore's law is dead.  To find more on Moore click here.

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So if Moore's law is dead or dying how will we continue to achieve the idea of faster, cheaper chips and technology?  Well they are now looking a multi-core processors as well as building up, such as 3-D, that would require less power and yet run faster.  Also in the works are quantum computing, super computing and grid computing.  Another big factor associated with Moore's law, to be more exact, the death of Moore's law, is the large amount of e-waste.  With all of today's array of technological gadgets, e-waste has become not only a major concern of businesses worldwide, but a major concern of the technology consumers worldwide.  Many of our favorite gadgets, cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc., contain cadmium, mercury and other harmful and toxic materials.  Many of these devices end up in low end countries and are harming the water and health of the occupants.  BAN, Basel Action Network, and Greenpeace have stepped in to try to help companies and consumers dispose of their e-waste properly, but much more advancement in this area is needed to make sure that our left over e-waste is not harming the environment.