{"id":7048,"date":"2017-02-16T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2017-01-16T17:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T01:50:55","slug":"cloud-computing-slowdown-in-moores-law-promotes-move-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-slowdown-in-moores-law-promotes-move-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Slowdown in Moore\u2019s Law Promotes Move to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Moore&#8217;s Law is slowing down,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/enterprise-cloud\/googles-holzle-moores-law-slowdown-drives-cloud-demand\/d\/d-id\/728157\">says<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urs_H%C3%B6lzle\">Urs H\u00f6lzle<\/a>, Google&#8217;s senior vice president for technical infrastructure. \u00a0While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/features\/digital-disruption-in-2017-and-beyond\/\">developments like Quantum Computing<\/a> might transfer Moore\u2019s Law to a new generation of computing technology, that still is likely some time away.\u00a0 Instead, in the meantime, Google is looking towards the cloud as performance gains in chips are slowing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prasad-sabada-5299ab5\">Prasad Sabada<\/a>, a senior director of operations who oversees sourcing for Google\u2019s data center hardware, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eetimes.com\/document.asp?doc_id=1331145\">said that<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;the slowdown in Moore\u2019s law and the growth of cloud services has brought us to an inflection point. 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