Moore's law

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empirical observation technological prediction

Moore's law is an observation and prediction that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit—and thus computing power—tends to roughly double at regular intervals, driving exponential growth in digital technology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf empirical observation ⓘ
technological prediction ⓘ
appliesTo integrated circuits ⓘ
microprocessors ⓘ
transistor density ⓘ
assumes continuous advances in semiconductor fabrication ⓘ
improvements in manufacturing yield ⓘ
shrinking transistor feature sizes ⓘ
coreIdea computing power tends to double at regular intervals ⓘ
number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles at regular intervals ⓘ
describes exponential growth of transistor counts ⓘ
scaling of integrated circuit complexity ⓘ
trend in semiconductor technology advancement ⓘ
effectOn computing performance ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ
cost of computation ⓘ
digital electronics ⓘ
economic growth in tech sector ⓘ
information technology industry ⓘ
innovation pace in computing ⓘ
field computer hardware ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
semiconductor industry ⓘ
formulatedBy Gordon Moore ⓘ
linked to: Gordon E. Moore
formulationYear 1965 ⓘ
growthType exponential growth ⓘ
industryRole benchmark for technology scaling ⓘ
planning tool for chip designers ⓘ
roadmap for semiconductor manufacturers ⓘ
influenced International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors ⓘ
data center capacity planning ⓘ
economic models of computing costs ⓘ
microprocessor design strategies ⓘ
software development expectations ⓘ
limitation constrained by economic costs of fabrication plants ⓘ
constrained by physical limits of miniaturization ⓘ
constrained by power and heat dissipation ⓘ
metric cost per transistor ⓘ
transistor count per chip ⓘ
transistor density ⓘ
modernView continued performance gains via parallelism and specialization ⓘ
slowing of transistor scaling in recent process nodes ⓘ
namedAfter Gordon Moore ⓘ
linked to: Gordon E. Moore
originalArticleTitle Cramming more components onto integrated circuits ⓘ
originalPublication Electronics magazine ⓘ
originalTimeInterval every 1 year ⓘ
relatedConcept Dennard scaling ⓘ
Koomey's law ⓘ
Wirth's law ⓘ
linked to: Wirth’s law

technology scaling ⓘ
status empirical trend rather than physical law ⓘ
timeInterval approximately every 18 months ⓘ
approximately every 2 years ⓘ

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Gordon E. Moore → knownFor → Moore's law ⓘ
Gordon E. Moore → formulated → Moore's law ⓘ
Ray Kurzweil → notableIdea → law of accelerating returns ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits → introducesConcept → Moore's law ⓘ
Intel Museum → subjectArea → Moore's Law ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
Intel Museum → hasExhibit → Moore's Law exhibit ⓘ
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Wirth’s law → relatedTo → Moore’s law ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
EUV lithography → relatedTo → Moore's law ⓘ
Electronics magazine → associatedConcept → Moore’s law ⓘ
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International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors → basedOn → Moore's law scaling assumptions ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
Dennard scaling → relatedTo → Moore’s law ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
Koomey's law → relatedTo → Moore's law ⓘ
Moore 1965 paper → introducedConcept → Moore's law ⓘ
The Free Lunch Is Over → mainTopic → Moore's law ⓘ
Bell’s Law of Computer Classes → relatedTo → Moore’s Law ⓘ
linked to: Moore's law
CMOS technology → benefitsFrom → Moore's law ⓘ
Wright's law → relatedTo → Moore's law ⓘ