I did a quick search on Moore's Law and didn't find anything so I thought I would post this link I found on SlashDot .

End draws nearer for Moore's Law

Basically for those of you who havn't heard of Moore's Law, the law states (roughly I'm no expert) that the amount of transistors that will be able to fit on a chip will double every two years. This explains the reason for computers becoming so much more powerfull and cheaper in recent years. Think of it, doubling every two years that is an expadential growth.

Imagine
2...4....8....16.....32.....64......128 it grows fast is what I'm getting at!

The article talks about how in the somewhat near future, researchers beleive that they will hit a wall when trying to reduce the size of the transisters. The problem lies in the size of the gate (measured in nanometers) will become so small that the possibility of the electron in the chip passing through the gate even when the gate is closed will become to great. Another major problem designers face is energy consumption and heat given off by the tranisitor packed processors. All in all an interesting read.

DeafLamb