ZDNet has an interview with Gordon Moore on the 40th birthday of his law.

On possible replacements for silicon…

Some of these other things, quantum dots and nanotechnology and that kind of thing–I will admit to being a skeptic around those things replacing mainstream digital silicon. You can clearly make a tiny little transistor by these techniques with potentially great high frequency, but can you connect a billion of them together?

On the competitiveness of the US technology industry…

We (face) very formidable competition in the world–I think the impact of China in particular is just beginning to be felt; 1.1 or 1.2 billion people are going to have a dramatic impact. In the next 20 years, we’re going to see how that plays out, I’m expecting the U.S. will still be a successful player, but I don’t think it’ll enjoy the position it had in, say, the past 20 years.

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