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Was Moore's Law Inevitable?

July 30, 2009 by Big Gav
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Kevin Kelly has an interesting (and long) article on the history of Moore's Law and exponential growth in technological capability, including some notes on its relevance for solar PV production - Was Moore's Law Inevitable?.Finally, in a another reference, Mead adds : "Permission to believe that [the Law] will keep going," is what keeps... [read more]

There's Plenty of Energy at the Bottom: Being a Meditation on Why Silicon Valley Won't Solve the Energy Crisis

April 20, 2009 by William Tucker
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[This article appears in the current issue of The American Spectator.]On December 29, 1959, on the threshold of the 1960s, Richard Feynman, "the best mind since Einstein" and interpreter of quantum mechanics, gave a lecture at the California Institute of Technology that is generally regarded to be the opening bell of the Information Age... [read more]