Important to note that the graph is log scale. We're cramming ridiculously many transistors into chips. Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1162/

@tim Thanks for pointing that out. That really makes this trend crazy, almost as crazy as the fact that a 15 min call can save you 15% or more on car insurance with geico. In all seriousness though, thank you.

This slide got me thinking about quantum computers and how they apply or do not apply to Moore's Law. I did a quick Google search and found this article: Moore's Law of Moore's Law of Quantum Computing. It describes how quantum computers only need to increase by a single qubit every year to keep up with the original Moore's Law, since each additional qubit doubles the possible combinations on the machine. It turns out that the number of qubits has been increasing by "2x every 5 years with 1989 as year zero." This leads to the terminology "Moore's Law of Moore's Law", otherwise known as Rose's Law.

However, keep in mind that quantum computers only excel in some specific types of algorithms, namely search and optimization problems. It turns out they far underperform when operations are parallel or sequential. The article was definitely an interesting read!