What’s this Moore’s Law we speak of? Moore’s Law affects every part of your life (unless you’ve shunned all technology and sent your old Kindle to us already!) in the modern world. It’s not part of legislative law, but one of those laws you spent eons trying to memorise in senior school science or maths class – conservation of momentum, the constant speed of light, and every mathematical equation ever etc.
Based on observations made in 1965 by Intel-founder, Gordon Moore, the developed Moore’s Law predicted exponential growth in the electronics industry in terms of data density and component performance. Moore noticed that the number of transistors (semiconductors that amplify, open or close a circuit) per square inch doubled roughly annually on the integrated circuit boards he was working on over at the fledgling Intel.
The Law essentially means that, in theory, the first iPad was only half as powerful as technologically possible within eighteen months of its release date. If course, it’s one of those laws that’s subjective to interpretation and external interference like market collapses, new sectors of scientific development etc. But Moore’s Law can’t go on forever… can it? The big man himself, Gordon Moore, has voiced the opinion that the law will likely only be relevant for another two decades or so, but for now it’s time to sit back and enjoy the gratuitous market influx of devices that fuels our tech lab here at Money4Machines!
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