A visual look at the advancement of Moore's Law

Posted on Wednesday, July 20 2016 @ 14:04 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Here's a graph that shows the number of transistors in a processor since the 1970s. Moore's Law is named after a forecast of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore about how fast the transistor count of integrated circuits would double. Moore's initial forecast was made in the 1965, when he predicted the number of transistors on a chip would double every year for at least another decade.

In 1975, he updated the forecast to doubling every two years and since that date the chip industry hardly missed a beat. In recent years, the rate of advancement has dropped as technical challenges became harder. Last year, Moore predicted that Moore's law will likely be a thing of the past in the next decade or so.

Moores Law

Via: Max Roser


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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