Many of you may have heard of Moore's Law. The abstract prediction that semiconducter complexity will double every year. But how many of you have looked at it in depth? Ars Tecnica has put out an in depth article and discussion on the concept and the future of Moore's Law.
"In April of 1965, Electronics magazine published an article by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. The article and the predictions that it made have since become the stuff of legend, and like most legends it has gone through a number of changes in the telling and retelling. The press seized on the article's argument that semiconductor technology would usher in a new era of electronic integration, and they distilled it into a maxim that has taken on multiple forms over the years. Regardless of the form that the maxim takes, though, it is always given the same name:Moore's Law. "
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