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Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empirical relationship linked to gains from experience in production. The observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel (and former CEO of the latter), who in 1965 posited a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit,[a] 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, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41%. While Moore did not use empirical evidence in forecasting that the historical trend would continue, his prediction has held since 1975 and has since become known as a "law". Moore's prediction has been used in the semiconductor industry to guide long-te

Moore's law - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Observation on the growth of integrated circuit capacity A semi-log plot of transistor counts for microprocessors against dates of introduction, nearly doubling every two years Semiconductor device fabrication MOSFET scaling ( process nodes ) 0 20 μm – 1968 0 10 μm – 1971 00 6 μm – 1974 00 3 μm – 1977 1.5 μm – 1981 00 1 μm – 1984 800 nm – 1987 600 nm – 1990 350 nm – 1993 250 nm – 1996 180 nm – 1999 130 nm – 2001 0 90 nm – 2003 0 65 nm – 2005 0 45 nm – 2007 0 32 nm – 2009 0 28 nm – 2010 0 22 nm – 2012 0 14 nm – 2014 0

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