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Moore's Law isn't making chips cheaper anymore. Keeping Moore's Law going now requires complicated manufacturing techniques that are so expensive they cancel out the cost savings that should come with each new generation. The cost curves are kind of getting flat. Instead of getting more speed, less power consumption and lower cost with each generation, chip makers now have to choose two out of three. At levels like 14 nanometers process node, chip makers need more than traditional manufacturing techniques to achieve the high density. The more dense chips get, the more expensive it will be to make them.
- Henry Samueli, co-founder, chairman and CTO of Broadcom