100% utilization computation and labor after Moore’s law Andrew Lison

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lison, Andrew, author.

Series:

Software studies (Cambridge, Mass.)

Software studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moore's law.

Technological innovations--Philosophy.

Technological innovations.

Labor supply--Effect of automation on--Philosophy.

Labor supply.

Computer systems--Philosophy.

Computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press [2026]

Summary:

"A wide-ranging analysis of how the material limits to discrete, silicon-based computing power impact employment and automationSince the end of the Second World War, we have come to expect continual growth in computing power and the rapid development of digital technology. This dynamic has enabled informational procedures to supplant an ever-increasing range of human and mechanical activity. However, indications that the semiconductor industry is approaching the physical limits of integrated circuitry pose an existential challenge to Intel Corporation cofounder Gordon Moore’s “law,” which prescribes an exponential increase in microchip density—and, by extension, processing performance—every two years.Placing theories of employment in dialectical conjunction with the concrete operations of computing, 100% Utilization explores the consequences of pushing processing power to its limits for a culture seemingly reliant on automation as much as human labor. In accounting for this contradiction, Andrew Lison offers a corrective to theories of digital mediation, emphasizing its symbolic and representational capabilities. He connects the looming end of Moore’s law to trends in semiconductor manufacturing, custom hardware, and parallelized software techniques, including AI. Ultimately, he traces this historical technological boom and impending bust through the racialized history of Silicon Valley to longer-term conceptions of the relationship between machinery and labor"-- MIT Press Direct

Contents:

Introduction : the ground truth of digital mediation

Approaching 100% utilization

Economies and scales : producing and consuming computing power

Squeezing silicon : from software control to hardware efficiency

Convolute n(eural) : overused AI and underemployed minds

Winter in the valley : the accelerating dynamics of stagnation

Beyond homeostasis

Conclusion : indeterminate elements

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (MIT Press Direct, viewed June 3, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Lison, Andrew 100% utilization

ISBN:

9780262051385

0262051389

9780262051378

0262051370

OCLC:

1592864048

Access Restriction:

Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access