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During the 1980s and 1990s, semiconductor progress was driven mainly by Dennard scaling and lithography; shrinking transistors made them faster and more reliable on a predictable cadence.
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“If you look at the eighties and nineties, yes, it was driven really by Dennard scaling, lithography. We just make things smaller, transistors got faster, and they got more reliable, and it was very predictable cadence.”11:55Report a misattribution
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