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	## Speed of memory chips will double every 18 months		## Speed of memory chips will double every 18 months
	## All of the above		## All of the above

	# Moore's Law is a ..... ?		# Moore's Law is a ..... ?
	## Physical phenomena		## Physical phenomena
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	## Prediction of technology evolution		## Prediction of technology evolution
	## All of the above		## All of the above

	# A semiconductor device ..... ?		# A semiconductor device ..... ?
	## Can blocks electricity		## Can blocks electricity
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	## Is a solid-state device		## Is a solid-state device
	## All of the above		## All of the above

	# Which one of the following is not a type of Random Access memory device?		# Which one of the following is not a type of Random Access memory device?
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	## Magnetic disk		## Magnetic disk
	## SRAM		## SRAM

	# CMOS technology is used in ..... ?		# CMOS technology is used in ..... ?
	## Building a compiler		## Building a compiler
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	## Building a quantum computer		## Building a quantum computer

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-# What does Moore's law state ?
+# What does Moore's Law imply?
-## Doubling of transistor area every 18 months
+## Transistor placed on IC will double every 18 months
-## Doubling of profit in semiconductor industry every 18 months
+## Speed of processors will double every 18 months
-## New process technology every 18 months
+## Speed of memory chips will double every 18 months
-## Doubling of transistors per unit chip area every 18 months
+## All of the above
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-'''Q1: Using the classical definition of the MISD architecture from Flynn’s Taxonomy, what is the minimum number of input streams that must be present to be classified as MISD architecture?'''
+# What does Moore's law state ?
+## Doubling of transistor area every 18 months
-A. One information stream, the data stream, the number of instruction streams do not matter.
+## Doubling of profit in semiconductor industry every 18 months
+## New process technology every 18 months
-B. Two information streams, one instruction stream, one data stream.
+## Doubling of transistors per unit chip area every 18 months
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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor Semiconductor]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit Integrated Circuit]
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	==What is Moore's Law?==		==What is Moore's Law?==
	[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]		[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]
	'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>~~{{cite web \|title="Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits \|url=~~http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html ~~\|author=Gordon Moore \|year=2009 \|accessdate=19 April, 1965}}~~</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>		'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>

	==Historical context==		==Historical context==

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	==What is Moore's Law?==		==What is Moore's Law?==
	[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]		[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]
	'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>{{cite web \|title="Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits \|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html \|author=Gordon Moore \|year=2009 \|accessdate=19 April, 1965</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>		'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>{{cite web \|title="Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits \|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html \|author=Gordon Moore \|year=2009 \|accessdate=19 April, 1965}}</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>

	==Historical context==		==Historical context==

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	==What is Moore's Law?==		==What is Moore's Law?==
	[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]		[[Image:TransCount59-75.png\|right]]
	'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>		'''Moore's Law''', named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], states that the number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor transistors] that can be placed on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit integrated circuit] will double approximately every two years<ref>{{cite web \|title="Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits \|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1965-Moore.html \|author=Gordon Moore \|year=2009 \|accessdate=19 April, 1965</ref>. The original prediction in 1965 stated a doubling every 12 months but, in 1975, after microprocessors were introduced that were less dense than originally predicted, he slowed the rate of doubling to it's current rate of two years <ref>http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/09/moore.ars</ref>. Instead of giving an empirical formula predicting the rate of increase, Moore instead used prose, graphs, and images to convey these predictions and observations to the masses. This, in some ways, increased the staying power of Moore's Law, allowing the industry to use it as a benchmark of success and a measurable determination of their success. Virtually all digital devices are in some way fundamentally linked to the growth set in place by Moore's Law.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law</ref>

	==Historical context==		==Historical context==

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	On another note, if we relax the definition of Moore's Law to include computational performance gains, we open a whole new avenue by which to measure computing power. Most of the easy gains in performance related to transistor counts have been realized, but new designs of how basic computing is performed can theoretically yield large increases in performance without doubling of transistor counts or extremely high power requirements.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4006166&page=1#.TzAbDcVA_H4</ref><ref>http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.htm</ref> The era of the traditional transistor is not quite over yet, but the relevance of transistor counts may be nearing it's end.		On another note, if we relax the definition of Moore's Law to include computational performance gains, we open a whole new avenue by which to measure computing power. Most of the easy gains in performance related to transistor counts have been realized, but new designs of how basic computing is performed can theoretically yield large increases in performance without doubling of transistor counts or extremely high power requirements.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4006166&page=1#.TzAbDcVA_H4</ref><ref>http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.htm</ref> The era of the traditional transistor is not quite over yet, but the relevance of transistor counts may be nearing it's end.

	~~== See also ==~~
	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{div col\|colwidth=20em}}~~		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law Amdahl's law]
	* [~~[Accelerating change]]~~		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law Metcalfe's law]
	* [[Amdahl's law]]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth Exponential growth]
	* [~~[Bekenstein bound]]~~		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_(1960s%E2%80%93present) History of computing hardware (1960s–present)]
	* [[Bell's Law of Computer Classes\|Bell's law]]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing Quantum computing]
	* [[Metcalfe's law]]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%27s_law Rock's law]
	* [[Empirical relationship]]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor Semiconductor]
	* [[Experience curve effects]]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit Integrated Circuit]
	* [[Exponential growth]]
	* [~~[Grosch's law]]~~
	* [[Haitz's law]] – analog to Moore's law for LEDs
	* [[History of computing hardware (1960s–present)]]
	* [[Hofstadter's law]]
	* [[Kryder's law]]
	* [[Klaiber's law]]
	* [[Koomey's law]]
	* [[List of eponymous laws]]
	* [[Logistic growth]]
	* [[David May (computer scientist)\|May's Law]]
	* [[Microprocessor chronology]]
	* [[Nielsen's law]]
	* [[Quantum computing]]
	* [[Rock's law]]
	* [~~[Second half of the chessboard]]~~
	* [[Semiconductor]]
	* [~~[Wirth's law]]~~
	* [[Intel Tick-Tock]]
	~~{{div col end}}~~

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