Six Decades of Doubling
In short: Moore's 1965 observation of yearly doubling became a two-year forecast in 1975, and this film follows the measured numbers from about 50 components to about 100 million transistors per square millimetre while explaining what the curve does and does not measure.
A 2:21 short film in the series “Moore's Law”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Electronics magazine (Volume 38, Number 8, April 19, 1965), hosted by the Computer History Museum, “moores paper”; IEEE (Gordon E. Moore, Intel), reprinted on an Auburn University course page, “Gordon_Moore_1975_Speech.indd”; The Electrochemical Society (Electrochemical Society Interface, Spring 2005; article by G. Dan Hutcheson), “SPR05_IF Pg 1-34 tt.indd”; Computer History Museum, “1965: "Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits | The Silicon Engine”; Computer History Museum, “Madeleine Moment Connects Moore’s Law Artifacts”; IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); article by Ken Shirriff, 30 Aug 2016, “The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors”; IEEE Spectrum, “Is This Really the Anniversary of Moore’s Law?”; Communications of the ACM (article by Stanford's VLSI Research Group: Danowitz, Kelley, Mao, Stevenson, Horowitz), April 2012, “CPU DB: recording microprocessor history”; Computer History Museum, “Intel's Microprocessor - CHM Revolution”; University of California, Irvine – CS 250B lecture slides (Sang-Woo Jun), “PowerPoint Presentation”; IEEE Spectrum (article by Samuel K. Moore, August 2020; PDF copy hosted on a UC Davis ECE course page), “The Node is Nonsense”; Computer History Museum, “Computer History Museum”; University of Chicago Press / National Bureau of Economic Research (chapter by Kenneth Flamm, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin), “Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the Twenty-First Century”.
Sources used in this film
- Electronics magazine (Volume 38, Number 8, April 19, 1965), hosted by the Computer History Museum — moores paper · View →
- IEEE (Gordon E. Moore, Intel), reprinted on an Auburn University course page — Gordon_Moore_1975_Speech.indd · View →
- The Electrochemical Society (Electrochemical Society Interface, Spring 2005; article by G. Dan Hutcheson) — SPR05_IF Pg 1-34 tt.indd · View →
- Computer History Museum — 1965: "Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits | The Silicon Engine · View →
- Computer History Museum — Madeleine Moment Connects Moore’s Law Artifacts · View →
- IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); article by Ken Shirriff, 30 Aug 2016 — The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors · View →
- IEEE Spectrum — Is This Really the Anniversary of Moore’s Law? · View →
- Communications of the ACM (article by Stanford's VLSI Research Group: Danowitz, Kelley, Mao, Stevenson, Horowitz), April 2012 — CPU DB: recording microprocessor history · View →
- Computer History Museum — Intel's Microprocessor - CHM Revolution · View →
- University of California, Irvine – CS 250B lecture slides (Sang-Woo Jun) — PowerPoint Presentation · View →
- IEEE Spectrum (article by Samuel K. Moore, August 2020; PDF copy hosted on a UC Davis ECE course page) — The Node is Nonsense · View →
- Computer History Museum — Computer History Museum · View →
- University of Chicago Press / National Bureau of Economic Research (chapter by Kenneth Flamm, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin) — Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the Twenty-First Century · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum (hosting a reproduction of Gordon E. Moore's article in Electronics magazine, April 19, 1965): moores paper
- Also: IEEE (Gordon E. Moore, Intel), reprinted on an Auburn University course page: Gordon_Moore_1975_Speech.indd
- Also: The Electrochemical Society (Electrochemical Society Interface, Spring 2005; article by G. Dan Hutcheson): SPR05_IF Pg 1-34 tt.indd
- Also: Computer History Museum (The Silicon Engine exhibit): 1965: "Moore's Law" Predicts the Future of Integrated Circuits | The Silicon Engine
- Also: Computer History Museum (CHM blog, David A. Laws, Semiconductor Curator, January 18, 2019): Madeleine Moment Connects Moore’s Law Artifacts
- Also: IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); article by Ken Shirriff, 30 Aug 2016: The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors
- Also: IEEE Spectrum: Is This Really the Anniversary of Moore’s Law?
- Also: Communications of the ACM (article by Stanford's VLSI Research Group: Danowitz, Kelley, Mao, Stevenson, Horowitz), April: CPU DB: recording microprocessor history
- Also: Computer History Museum: Intel's Microprocessor - CHM Revolution
- Also: University of California, Irvine – CS 250B lecture slides (Sang-Woo Jun): PowerPoint Presentation
- Also: IEEE Spectrum (article by Samuel K. Moore, August 2020; PDF copy hosted on a UC Davis ECE course page): The Node is Nonsense
- Also: Computer History Museum: Computer History Museum
- Also: University of Chicago Press (NBER volume 'Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the Twenty-First Century'); chapter: Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the Twenty-First Century
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