What is moores law?
moores law
Moore’s law is the observation, named for Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years with minimal increase in cost. Recent commentary has focused on whether that scaling has stalled or ended outright.
How it developed
- Sep 2025 - Jensen Huang said Moore’s law is dead, because transistors now cost essentially the same every year.
- Jun 2026 - Philip Auerswald argued the trajectory is not predestined and could be killed.
- Sep 2026 - Thomas Sohmers said SRAM cell sizing has not scaled with Moore’s law over roughly the past 15 years.
In the evidence
Every line below is attributed to a named speaker.
SRAM cell size has not scaled with Moore's law over the past 15 years, constraining memory bandwidth growth relative to compute.
“That SRAMM cell has not scaled in terms of that the sizing of that with Morris law over the past about 15 years.”Thomas Sohmers · 19 Sep 2026
Philip Auerswald on Moore's Law as contingent, not inevitable.
“It looks predestined. It's not. You could kill it.”Philip Auerswald · 25 Jun 2026
Jensen Huang explains that the end of Moore's Law (flat transistor costs) forces a shift to accelerated computing and algorithmic efficiency as the new drivers of performance improvement.
“Mo's law is dead, right? Because transistors basically cost the same every single year now.”Jensen Huang · 26 Sep 2025
Jensen Huang declaring Moore's Law dead due to stagnant transistor costs.
“Mo's law is dead, right? Because transistors basically cost the same every single year now.”Jensen Huang · 26 Sep 2025