Moore's Law
Moore's Law is the alternative letter-case form of Moore's law.
Proper noun capitalized: Moore's law
Moore's law
- 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 of Moore's Law
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Origin of Moore's Law
Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.
Words formed from Moore's Law
Questions about Moore's Law
- What does Moore's Law mean?
- Moore's Law means an empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.
- What is Moore's Law the alternative letter-case form of?
- Moore's Law is the alternative letter-case form of Moore's law.
- What part of speech is Moore's Law?
- Moore's Law is a proper noun.
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