There's plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore's law?
The work
| Authors | Charles E. Leiserson; Neil C. Thompson; Joel S. Emer; Bradley C. Kuszmaul; Butler W. Lampson; Daniel Sanchez; Tao B. Schardl |
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| Type | article |
| Year | 2020 |
| Citekey | leiserson2020theres |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Science |
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| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| Volume | 368 |
| Issue | 6495 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1126/science.aam9744 |
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| OpenAlex | W3033308515 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam9744 |
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Abstract
The miniaturization of semiconductor transistors has driven the growth in computer performance for more than 50 years. As miniaturization approaches its limits, bringing an end to Moore's law, performance gains will need to come from software, algorithms, and hardware. We refer to these technologies as the "Top" of the computing stack to distinguish them from the traditional technologies at the "Bottom": semiconductor physics and silicon-fabrication technology. In the post-Moore era, the Top will provide substantial performance gains, but these gains will be opportunistic, uneven, and sporadic, and they will suffer from the law of diminishing returns. Big system components offer a promising context for tackling the challenges of working at the Top.
How it got here
| How it got here | agent via unpaywall |
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| Added | 2026-08-23 00:00 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-08-24 07:32 UTC |
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Cite it as
@article{leiserson2020theres,
title = {There's plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore's law?},
author = {Charles E. Leiserson and Neil C. Thompson and Joel S. Emer and Bradley C. Kuszmaul and Butler W. Lampson and Daniel Sanchez and Tao B. Schardl},
year = {2020},
journal = {Science},
volume = {368},
number = {6495},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
doi = {10.1126/science.aam9744},
}
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