By Alex H.
Recently, Moore's Law was an idea created by Gordon Moore, engineer that used to work at Intel. The basic idea of Moore's Law, is that every two years, a processor is created that has twice as many transistors as the last generation. The idea has stood up to the test of time, and has remained true for 50 years. The tech community is now celebrating 50 years of upward linear advancement of technology.
There has been some criticism however, such as the fact that eventually it will be technologically infeasible to efficiently produce things at the density required for doubling transistors but with the same, restrictive, space. Supporters of the law admit that in order for the law to continue its winning streak, engineers must find ways to increase density, otherwise advancements in speed and processing power will suffer.
For many years people have said things like "Moore's law is dead", but 50 years later we still are yet to see a decline in it's accuracy. Some view Moore's law as just an observation that just so happened to noticed. To conclude, Moore's law has been a long standing observation of computer technology.
Sources:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2482145,00.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-of-moores-law/2015/04/19/f1806c98-e6b6-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html
Recently, Moore's Law was an idea created by Gordon Moore, engineer that used to work at Intel. The basic idea of Moore's Law, is that every two years, a processor is created that has twice as many transistors as the last generation. The idea has stood up to the test of time, and has remained true for 50 years. The tech community is now celebrating 50 years of upward linear advancement of technology.
There has been some criticism however, such as the fact that eventually it will be technologically infeasible to efficiently produce things at the density required for doubling transistors but with the same, restrictive, space. Supporters of the law admit that in order for the law to continue its winning streak, engineers must find ways to increase density, otherwise advancements in speed and processing power will suffer.
For many years people have said things like "Moore's law is dead", but 50 years later we still are yet to see a decline in it's accuracy. Some view Moore's law as just an observation that just so happened to noticed. To conclude, Moore's law has been a long standing observation of computer technology.
Sources:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2482145,00.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-of-moores-law/2015/04/19/f1806c98-e6b6-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html