Ask HN: So, did Moore's Law die or not?

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4 years ago

In the 2010s there was a lot of doom and gloom about Moore's Law being dead, and the need for new paradigms to speed up computers in the future. For instance, the following article from Technology Review:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/05/13/245938/moores-law-is-dead-now-what/

However, it seems that this may have changed recently. ASML's EUV lithography machines have been said to be able to reignite Moore's law. It's visible from a number of sources:

https://www.google.com/search?q=asml+euv+moores+law

However, there's a lot of hype and bullshit out there, and I can't tell what's legit or not, so I turn to the knowledgeable people of HN. Is Moore's Law actually dead? Are these EUV lithography machines really such an innovation that they have extended Moore's law? If not, then how DOES computing hardware get faster from here, and what does the answer mean for programmers?

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