Remember Gordon Moore´s law? “The power of computer chips components doubles every 2 years.” Moore came up with this statement when a co-founder and top technologist at Fairchield. Three years later, he founded the Intel some of us have Inside.

Many thought died this assertion. It probably is…But IBM went beyond the obvious and just successfully tested a 500Ghz transistor circuit. Not bad, uh?

Unfortunately, for every Hertz of power produced, another Hertz is used to lower the temperature of the semi-conductor!!! Hence, and as I see it, energy management in electrical and hence computer devices as THE big issue of the upcoming decades; but I might be mistaking. This fact makes Moore´s law all the more unsustainable in the mid run.

However…Do you realize that everytime you leave your computer unattended when in a meeting or so, you´re basically wasting calculation power? Imagine a world in which you would access your applications faster thanks to your colleague being on vacations, or your neighbour having a shower? This technology already exists. Its name is Grid Computing.

Grid Computing is the future of computer science.

PS: more on Grid with Oracle, which survey underlines the trend for wider grid adoption in a near future.