Does Moore's Law Help or Hinder the PC Industry? 191
An anonymous reader writes to mention two analysts recently examined Moore's Law and its effect on the computer industry. "One of the things both men did agree on was that Moore's Law is, and has been, an undeniable driving force in the computer industry for close to four decades now. They also agreed that it is plagued by misunderstanding. 'Moore's Law is frequently misquoted, and frequently misrepresented,' noted Gammage. While most people believe it means that you double the speed and the power of processors every 18 to 24 months, that notion is in fact wrong, Gammage said. 'Moore's Law is all about the density...the density of those transistors, and not what we choose to do with it.'"
Murphy's law... (Score:4, Funny)
Murphy tells us that more bugs will be found on release day than any day previous. That your laptop will work fine until the very minute your presentation is scheduled to begin. And that backup generators are unnecessary unless you don't have them.
Who cares about Moore's law... it's just prophecy from some Nostradamus wannabe.
density of transistors? (Score:3, Funny)
Here's a more interesting question: (Score:4, Funny)
Discuss.
It could be... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:density of transistors? (Score:2, Funny)
My second law of 'density' states that that the PR intelligence quotient is randomly modulated by Schroedingers' cat in the next room, and is only measurable when not actually listening to it.
Re:Both (Score:3, Funny)
*ducks*
Re:density of transistors? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cost of fabs... (Score:2, Funny)
Rock's Law??? Tablizer's Law: The number of tech "laws" doubles every 2 years.