Number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC), of a fixed size, doubles about every
[A] 2 Year
[B] 4 Year
[C] 6 Year
[D] 8 Year
Moore’s law
- Observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC), of a fixed size, doubles about every two years is Moore’s law
- observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel (and former CEO of the latter),
- In 1965 posited a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit, and projected this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade.
- In 1975, looking forward to the next decade, he revised the forecast to doubling every two years.
Moore’s law – accepted as a goal for the semiconductor industry
- Shortly after 1975, Caltech professor Carver Mead popularized the term “Moore’s law”.
- Moore’s law eventually came to be widely accepted as a goal for the semiconductor industry, and it was cited by competitive semiconductor manufacturers as they strove to increase processing power.
