Episode 465
Moore's Law
Learn about the law that has made our computers faster
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
October 14, 202113m 38s
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Show Notes
In 1965, the director of research at Fairchild Semiconductor, Gordon Moore, made a prediction about the future of semiconductors. He said that over the next ten years, the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years.
His prediction didn’t just hold true for the next 10 years, but it has held true for almost 60 years, and it had driven the global computer industry.
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