Is Moore's Law dead? We spoke to Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, and both sides of the debate agree: The only constant is progress

Photo illustration of two greyscale hands reaching toward an Intel Lunar Lake mobile SoC on a vibrant yellow background with a circuit board line art design - Image is a part of the Laptop Mag Silicon Survey 2025 special issue.

Can we keep expecting 20-30% increases in hardware performance and efficiency, generation to generation?

As part of our 2025 Silicon Survey, Laptop Mag spoke with executives from AMD, Apple, Arm, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm to determine if we can expect to see performance and efficiency plateaus in the coming years.