Moore's Law, named after Gordon Moore, a co-founder of Intel, who articulated it in the mid-1960s, holds that the number of microchip transistors that can be etched into a given surface would double every 18-24 months. The cost of the microchips would trend lower. It is under Moore's Law that the technology revolution took place.
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Essentially, the next iteration of Moore's Law will require a more expensive basket of technologies. Already, the transistors are smaller than the wave length of light used to etch the chips.
In 2002, the Economist reports, a dollar would buy 2.6 mln transistors as small as 180 nanometres (millionths of a millimetre). In 2014, a dollar will buy 20 mln transitors as small as about 20 nanometres. However, in 2015, the Linley Group projects a dollar will be able to buy only 19 mln transistors.
Great Graphic: Is this the End of Moore's Law?
Reviewed by Marc Chandler
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January 02, 2014
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