The death of the silicon computer chip

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/72838,the-death-of-the-silicon-computer-chip.aspx

Apparently there was part of the Moore's Law that was not discussed in our class. The Moore's Law acknowledges that there is a theoretical limit to the number of transistors we can fit on a silicon computer chip before the chip is fully saturated and has hit its processing limits. This article describes the time span of when the silicon chip will have to be replaced. I remember reading last year about Intel going into optical-based processors. They have a plant in Israel right now looking into these types of processors.