Forty Years of Moore's Law 225
kjh1 writes "CNET is running a great article on how the past 40 years of integrated chip design and growth has followed [Gordon] Moore's law. The article also discusses how long Moore's law may remain pertinent, as well as new technologies like carbon nanotube transistors, silicon nanowire transistors, molecular crossbars, phase change materials and spintronics. My favorite data point has to be this: in 1965, chips contained about 60 distinct devices; Intel's latest Itanium chip has 1.7 billion transistors!"
The Lesser Known Part 2 of Moore's Law... (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot corollary (Score:5, Funny)
Is there already a Law that says... (Score:4, Funny)
If not I herbey proclaim it Goat's Law.
Data point? No, two points! (Score:5, Funny)
Uh, wouldnt that be two data points?
1.7 Billion? (Score:4, Funny)
No wonder they call it the Itanic! Both were big and huge and failed miserably.
Re:Keeping Count (Score:5, Funny)
Re:law? (Score:1, Funny)
Ah yes, the theory that at any given moment on the space-time continuum, you will always have just enough processing power to play the current release of Half Life...
Michael Moore's Law? (Score:3, Funny)
Moore's Law is Dead (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Typical /. Subject. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Michael Moore's Law? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Keeping Count (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Keeping Count (Score:3, Funny)
they are just very, very small.
Actually they're rather large, but cleverly Intel have found a way to story them in an alternate universe using Portable Blackhole Technology(TM). Cross your fingers and hope nobody in that alternate universe stumbles across them.
Austin Powers (Score:5, Funny)
"I demand the chip have...SIXTY TRANSISTORS!" (pinky lightly touches corner of mouth).
The guys at Intel start laughing hysterically...
"I've changed my mind...I demand the chip have...ONE POINT SEVEN BILLION TRANSISTORS!" (pinky lightly touches corner of mouth)
Intel guys gasp in shock...
Tracing it back... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:law? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Slashdot corollary (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Keeping Count (Score:1, Funny)
Get yourself a barbeque
Now that's funny. But if it gets modded as funny then it won't be funny anymore
Gates Law (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Keeping Count (Score:4, Funny)
Not to start a flamewar here, but AMDs Micro Singularity Architecture(TM) is vastly superior to intel's PBT.
Re:Keeping Count (Score:3, Funny)
Number of transistors= 1.7 billion
Number of units sold = 1.7K
Money invested= gazillion dollars
Tasting dirt from your puny competition (read AMD)= priceless
007 (Score:2, Funny)
Then you will have Lazenby's, Connery's, Dalton's, then (perhaps) Brosnan's law fail as well. Some laws can be.....broken, and twisted, and....um suckey. That last illiterative is mine....all mine, Mr. Bond.
I bet there were a lot of nerds celebrating... (Score:2, Funny)
...in 1956, when they managed to fit one component on to a device.
40? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Keeping Count (Score:3, Funny)