Intel confident that Moore's Law still valid beyond 10nm

Intel believes that they can still continue to fulfill Moore's Law beyond 10nm with the introduction of new material and device structure, together with close collaboration between their process development and product design teams.

Mark Bohr, an Intel Senior fellow for logic technology development, told the audience during a panel session in International Solid State Circuits Conference that Intel believe the scaling will continue to provide cheaper transistors, but that has to be justified with cost reduction through new process technology.

Bohr even told the audience that he believe Intel can move to 7nm mode without having to resort to EUV lithography. He declined to provide further detail but emphasized that it could be achieve through the use of new material and structures, citing Intel has published papers on III-IV devices.