AMD CEO says doubling of transistors now takes 2.4 years

In a keynote address at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), AMD CEO Lisa Su said we're now in the era of immersive computing. Moving on to the more technical side, she said Moore's Law is now stretched to about 2.4 years to double the density of transistors per square inch. She also estimated that about 40 percent of the performance gain can be attributed to advancements in process node technology.

Although it is a matter of debate, many believe that the industry has slipped behind the pace of innovation prescribed by Moore's Law, which states the number of transistors per square inch of a chip would double every 18 months. Today, according to Su, it takes about 2.4 years to double the density of transistors per square inch. In addition, increasing die sizes are becoming economically problematic, memory bandwidth has become less efficient over time and the power consumption of SoCs is increasing by about 7 percent per year, Su said.

Su said future technologies to improve computational efficiency will include multi-chip architectures, 3D stacking, memory integration, and more advanced power management. More at EE Times.