When is Moore's law projected to stop ?

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Moore's Law, which states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years, is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. Despite speculation about its eventual end, the discussion emphasizes that the cessation of Moore's Law will not significantly impact the job market for software engineers or hardware engineers. Challenges such as power consumption will persist, but the demand for innovation in technology will remain strong.

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And when it does, will software engineers slowly begin to lose their line of work? Would computer (hardware) engineers lose most of their jobs?
 
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You might have got better responses if you had said what "Moore's law" was rather than requiring people to look it up. Apparently "Moore's law" is the observation that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit approximately doubles every two years.

While I can't say when, or if, that will cease to be true, I can't see why that would have any effect on the jobs of software or hardware people!
 

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