Skip header Section
Skip Bibliometrics Section
Moore's law: History of computing hardware, Integrated circuit, Accelerating change, Amdahl's law, Metcalfe's law, Mark Kryder, Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant), Wirth's lawNovember 2009
Skip Abstract Section
Abstract
Moore's Law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware, in which the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years.Rather than being a naturally-occurring "law" that cannot be controlled, however, Moore's Law is effectively a business practice in which the advancement of transistor counts occurs at a fixed rate
Recommendations
Establishing Moore's Law
Every field has brief formulas or relationships that are useful for back-of-the-envelopecalculations. Rarely do these maxims become popular knowledge; even more rarely do they become asubiquitous and influential as Moore's law, the 40-year-old ...