Moore’s law—the idea that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit double approximately every two years and therefore associated with the idea that processing power doubles too—is fading away. This concept, birthed by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, has been governing the world of IT for more than 50 years. Processing power in Intel’s widely used x86 family of CPUs is levelling off, as the limitations of what is physically possible—ignoring quantum computing—are being met. The same applies to other processor groups like Apple’s ARM-based M-series of SoCs, although the slowdown is occurring at different rates. A lesser-known adage relating to computing power comes from Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth. Wirth’s law states that software is slowing down faster than…