DocumentCode
1170294
Title
The Mythology of Moore's Law: Why Such a Widely Misunderstood ‘Law’ Is So Captivating to So Many
Author
Halfhill, Tom R.
Author_Institution
Senior Analyst, Microprocessor Report, thalfhill@reedbusiness.com
Volume
11
Issue
5
fYear
2006
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
25
Abstract
Moore´s law isn´t really a law in the formal sense, and it isn´t scientific. This article counters the growing misconceptions about an interesting observation that, since 1965, has acquired a strange life of its own. There is something romantic about Moore´s law that has propelled it into popular
Keywords
Clocks; Companies; Data mining; Manufacturing; Probability density function; Silicon; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1098-4232
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/N-SSC.2006.4785856
Filename
4785856
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