The history of technology is one of disruption and exponential growth, epitomized in Moore's Law, and generalized to many basic technological capabilities that are compounding independently from the economy Thinking about Moore's Law in the abstract provides a framework for predicting the future of computation and the transition to a new substrate: molecular electronics More than a niche subject of interest only to chip designers, the continued march of Moore's Law will affect all of the sciences, just as nanotechnology will affect all industries An analysis of progress in molecular electronics also provides a detailed example of the commercialization challenges and opportunities common to many nanotechnologies.
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