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Moore's law en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.

Meanings

1. An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.
   • The pocket calculator’s fortunes have fallen ever since. It is a victim of “Moore’s Law,” the theory that the number of transistors that can be squeezed on to a microchip will roughly double every two years, thereby increasing computing power at the same rate. 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times:
   • How will industries and enterprises dependent upon and accustomed to Moore's Law continue to thrive? What might this disruption mean for society? And will the certainty of continued exponential change enshrined in Moore's Law ever become standard again? 2015, Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones, Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

Eroom's law

Translations (7)

yue 摩爾定律 /摩尔定律 (empirical observation) · ja ムーアの法則 (empirical observation) · fi Mooren laki (empirical observation) · cmn 摩爾定律 /摩尔定律 (empirical observation) · fr loi de Moore (empirical observation) · et Moore'i seadus (empirical observation) · pl Prawo Moore’a (empirical observation)