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Why is this paper and the graph in Fig. 1 important? Gordon Moore's prediction, also known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law Moore's Law], has reflected and, more importantly, driven the steady and rapid progress in computing technology<ref name="ieee_spectrum_moore_mar2015">[https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress Gordon Moore: The Man Whose Name Means Progress], IEEE Spectrum, March 2015.</ref>.
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Why is this paper and the graph in Fig. 1 important? Gordon Moore's prediction, also known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law Moore's Law], has reflected and, more importantly, '''driven''' the steady and rapid progress in computing technology<ref name="ieee_spectrum_moore_mar2015">[https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress Gordon Moore: The Man Whose Name Means Progress], IEEE Spectrum, March 2015.</ref>.
  
 
== Evolution of Complexity ==
 
== Evolution of Complexity ==

Revision as of 08:37, 26 February 2021

Moore's Law

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a 4-page paper entitled "Cramming more components onto integrated circuits"[1], where he predicted that the number of components in an integrated circuit will increase by a factor of two every year, as shown in Fig. 1. Note that he based his extrapolation on just 4 data points!

Figure 1: Gordon Moore's 1965 prediction[1].

Why is this paper and the graph in Fig. 1 important? Gordon Moore's prediction, also known as Moore's Law, has reflected and, more importantly, driven the steady and rapid progress in computing technology[2].

Evolution of Complexity

Transistor Count

Frequency

Power Dissipation

Challenges in Digital Design

Why Scale?

The Cost of Integrated Circuits

Non-Recurrent Engineering Costs

Recurrent Costs

Yield

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gordon E Moore, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits, Electronics, Volume 38, Number 8, April 19, 1965 (pdf)
  2. Gordon Moore: The Man Whose Name Means Progress, IEEE Spectrum, March 2015.