TheOtis
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It states that the number if transistors per square inch on an IC double every two years. I think he said 18 months at first, but then changed it to two years. Theirs a lot more to it then that, but that's the just of it.
And to sparkmonkey- I'm pretty sure it says they double every two years thereby effectively doubling performance every two years, power consumption going down a certain amount, and cost going down a certain amount. Don't directly quote me, it's what my physics teacher(used to work for Intel) told me a couple years ago.
I think the only reason Moore's law is still around is thanks to multiple cores. I know getting to 32nm was harder then they had thought, and I know they will or already are running into physical boundries. If i remember right the distance between the gate and base on a transistor is only 3 atoms thick at 45nm or 32nm. Again don't quote me directly on this, I'm trying to remember when I learned two years ago.
And to sparkmonkey- I'm pretty sure it says they double every two years thereby effectively doubling performance every two years, power consumption going down a certain amount, and cost going down a certain amount. Don't directly quote me, it's what my physics teacher(used to work for Intel) told me a couple years ago.
I think the only reason Moore's law is still around is thanks to multiple cores. I know getting to 32nm was harder then they had thought, and I know they will or already are running into physical boundries. If i remember right the distance between the gate and base on a transistor is only 3 atoms thick at 45nm or 32nm. Again don't quote me directly on this, I'm trying to remember when I learned two years ago.