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Beyond Binary: Have We Reached the Limits of Modern Computing?
We use computers every day, whether it’s typing an English essay or reading an article online, but have you ever wondered how the magical technology actually works, or how it came to be? The modern computer architecture that we know today started in the early 1940s, but since then, tremendous progress has been made to make components like the transistor smaller and faster. Doubling in speed while halving in size every 2 years. Known as Moore’s Law, this has governed the transistor era of computers, but in recent years, this has not been the case. With Moore’s law slowing down, it raises the question of whether the binary logic of the past can sustain the vast computing needs of our present and future. Have we reached the limit of Moore’s law? And, if so, what lies beyond?
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We use computers every day, whether it’s typing an English essay or reading an article online, but have you ever wondered how the magical technology actually works, or how it came to be? The modern computer architecture that we know today started in the early 1940s, but since then, tremendous progress has been made to make components like the transistor smaller and faster. Doubling in speed while halving in size every 2 years. Known as Moore’s Law, this has governed the transistor era of computers, but in recent years, this has not been the case. With Moore’s law slowing down, it raises the question of whether the binary logic of the past can sustain the vast computing needs of our present and future. Have we reached the limit of Moore’s law? And, if so, what lies beyond?
WATCH HERE
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