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2015 – April
Moore's Law: For 50 years, the guiding principle of the IT industry
Moor‘s Law laid the foundation for the development of highperformance, energy-efficient and low-cost processors and
became the main engine of the digital revolution. On 19th
April we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Moore‘s prediction
with delicious cakes and discussions about the future
development.
But what is Moore‘s law?
The name goes back to Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore.
Moore's Law states that the number of transistors per unit
area on a microchip, doubles about every 24 months. The
principle endures to this day, resulting in more powerful,
energy-efficient and less expensive processors as a key driver
for economic and social progress.
Our daily life is now unthinkable without the use of
microprocessors. They can be found not only in PCs and
notebooks, but also in cars, mobile phones, smart watches
and even socks! Intel's implementation of Moore's Law goes
beyond the art of technology: Focusing on the people who
use the products is the most important. The ongoing
technological development has lead to the improvement of
life in cities, transportation, healthcare, education and energy
production.
There is no end in sight
Since the 1990s, expert discussions revolve around the
question, when does the development of ever smaller
processors reaches its physical limits? Intel's latest 5th
generation Intel Core processors has a transistor gate width of
14 nanometers and unites 1.3 billion transistors on an area
of 131 square millimeters. With new lithographic techniques
and innovative 3D tri-gate transistors, Intel was able to comply
with Moore's Law. Currently, the company develops chips with
feature sizes of 10nm. The end of Moore's Law is not yet in
sight!
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