Quantum computing. We've basically reached the 'silicon limit' or whatever the technical name is. Basically, it means that shits so small that we can't make it any smaller and therefore we'd either have to go back to the first sort of computers - the huge things, or we explore a different type of computing, namely, quantum computing.
Quantum computing. We've basically reached the 'silicon limit' or whatever the technical name is. Basically, it means that shits so small that we can't make it any smaller and therefore we'd either have to go back to the first sort of computers - the huge things, or we explore a different type of computing, namely, quantum computing.
Edit: heres some reading material:
https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20100329/1206118767.shtml
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/97469-is...m-the-end-of-the-road-for-silicon-lithography
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2836233/ibm-preps-for-a-post-silicon-world.html