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There's a nice quote on this topic from David May, ISA designer of the Transputer, at the end of this article (available free if you sign up - irritating pay wall): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/12/06/end-moores...



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>“Moore’s ‘law’ came to an end over 20 years ago,” says David May, professor of Computer Science at Bristol University and lead architect of the influential "transputer" chip. “Only the massive growth of the PC market then the smartphone market made it possible to invest enough to sustain it.

>“There’s now an opportunity for new approaches both to software and to processor architecture. And there are plenty of ideas – some of them have been waiting for 25 years. This presents a great opportunity for innovators – and for investors.”





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