Moof
= M =
moria
Moore's Law /morz law/ prov.
The observation that the
logic density of silicon integrated circuits has closely followed
the curve (bits per square inch) = 2^(t - 1962) where t
is time in years; that is, the amount of information storable on a
given amount of silicon has roughly doubled every year since the
technology was invented. This relation, first uttered in 1964 by
semiconductor engineer Gordon Moore (who co-founded Intel four
years later) held until the late 1970s, at which point the doubling
period slowed to 18 months. The doubling period remained at that
value through time of writing (late 1999). Moore's Law is
apparently self-fulfilling. The implication is that somebody,
somewhere is going to be able to build a better chip than you if
you rest on your laurels, so you'd better start pushing hard on the
problem. See also Parkinson's Law of Data and Gates's Law.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.