Although the immutable laws of physics will one day trump his famous "law" that predicted the exponential growth of computing power, integrated circuit pioneer Gordon Moore on Monday acknowledged, researchers will be able to delay the inevitable through cutting edge innovations in lithography and power management, he said.

In his keynote speech here marking the 50th anniversary of the International Solid State Circuits Conference, Moore, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corp., said the semiconductor industry has already amazed him with its ability to keep the innovations coming fast enough to validate his 1965 prediction - known as Moore's Law - that integrated circuit density and complexity would double every year or two for the foreseeable future. The fulfillment of that prediction has been a driving force behind the computer industry's ability to deliver increasing levels of processing power at lower costs.

In order to sustain exponential growth in integrated circuit density, the semiconductor is already exceeding his expectations, Moore said. "We are breaking the laws of physics," said Moore.

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