Term · Process Technology
Moore's Law
Gordon Moore's 1965 observation, revised in 1975, that the number of components on an economically optimal integrated circuit doubles roughly every two years. It became a self-fulfilling industry roadmap rather than a law of physics.
- Also known as
- Moore's law, Moore's First Law
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Process Technology, Node and scaling
- Also relevant to
- General Industry
Notes
Moore's Law was always about cost per transistor, not speed, a distinction routinely lost in popular coverage.
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