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Forty Years of Moore's Law

Posted by timothy on from the it's-only-a-suggestion dept.

kjh1 writes "CNET is running a great article on how the past 40 years of integrated chip design and growth has followed [Gordon] Moore's law. The article also discusses how long Moore's law may remain pertinent, as well as new technologies like carbon nanotube transistors, silicon nanowire transistors, molecular crossbars, phase change materials and spintronics. My favorite data point has to be this: in 1965, chips contained about 60 distinct devices; Intel's latest Itanium chip has 1.7 billion transistors!"

4 of 225 comments (clear)

  1. The Lesser Known Part 2 of Moore's Law... by Arcanix · · Score: 5, Funny

    The amount of articles mentioning Moore's law will double each year.

  2. Data point? No, two points! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite data point has to be this: in 1965, chips contained about 60 distinct devices; Intel's latest Itanium chip has 1.7 billion transistors!

    Uh, wouldnt that be two data points?

  3. Moore's Law is Dead by snuf23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's buried right next to BSD, adjacent to the freshly dug grave for World of Warcraft.

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    Sometimes my arms bend back.
  4. Austin Powers by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just see Dr. Evil now...

    "I demand the chip have...SIXTY TRANSISTORS!" (pinky lightly touches corner of mouth).

    The guys at Intel start laughing hysterically...

    "I've changed my mind...I demand the chip have...ONE POINT SEVEN BILLION TRANSISTORS!" (pinky lightly touches corner of mouth)

    Intel guys gasp in shock...