The REAL "Moore's Law". Not what you've heard.

[Almighty Colin]

It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.

[Peaches]

Whew, I can sleep better now! :yowsa:

[HoneLynn]

Ya know, Colin has a really big




















brain. :agrin:

[grimm]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 07:43 AM
It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.
yes. so?:)

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by grimm+Feb 27 2005, 05:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (grimm @ Feb 27 2005, 05:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 07:43 AM
It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.
yes. so?:) [/b][/quote]
No point. Curious fact.

[Hell Puppy]

Moore's Law gets applied to lots of techie things. It used to be applied to modem technology as well. It's actually held up over the years even as we've gone broadband.

We went from 300 bps in the late 70's up to 56K, or even 230K if you wanna include compression by the late 90's.

We've continued to progress with broadband. Most of us were happy to get cable or DSL with 1.5 MB, then we got a bump to 3MB from many providers a couple of years ago. And now Comcast and others are bumping to 4MB this year.

Ubiquitous 11MB wireless everywhere stands a good chance of being reality by the end of the decade.

[TheEnforcer]

Sykk comes along like lightning to give me shit about being a geek when I talk Trek but he's conspicously absent in this thread!! <_<

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Feb 27 2005, 07:29 PM
Sykk comes along like lightning to give me shit about being a geek when I talk Trek but he's conspicously absent in this thread!! <_<
Trek is way geekier.

[grimm]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Feb 27 2005, 04:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Feb 27 2005, 04:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by grimm@Feb 27 2005, 05:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 07:43 AM
It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.
yes. so?:)
No point. Curious fact. [/b][/quote]
yeah but restating the obvious?:) i know ohio is boring but..:)

[grimm]

just fucking with you colin, but moore's law is not a law in practice, it is a postulate, the went to a theorum, but has too many flaws to be a law. in todays scientific society, this is commonplace. not everything can be a law.

[grimm]

Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Feb 27 2005, 04:27 PM
Moore's Law gets applied to lots of techie things. It used to be applied to modem technology as well. It's actually held up over the years even as we've gone broadband.

We went from 300 bps in the late 70's up to 56K, or even 230K if you wanna include compression by the late 90's.

We've continued to progress with broadband. Most of us were happy to get cable or DSL with 1.5 MB, then we got a bump to 3MB from many providers a couple of years ago. And now Comcast and others are bumping to 4MB this year.

Ubiquitous 11MB wireless everywhere stands a good chance of being reality by the end of the decade.
balls

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by grimm@Feb 28 2005, 06:15 AM
just fucking with you colin, but moore's law is not a law in practice, it is a postulate, the went to a theorum, but has too many flaws to be a law. in todays scientific society, this is commonplace. not everything can be a law.
Hey, I didn't name it ;-). I like it though. It's good marketing.

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by grimm+Feb 28 2005, 06:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (grimm @ Feb 28 2005, 06:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 04:17 PM
Originally posted by grimm@Feb 27 2005, 05:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 07:43 AM
It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.
yes. so?:)
No point. Curious fact.
yeah but restating the obvious?:) i know ohio is boring but..:) [/b][/quote]
"Never use what you know as an example of what is obvious to everyone else". My father gave me this advice.

[grimm]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Feb 28 2005, 03:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Feb 28 2005, 03:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by grimm@Feb 28 2005, 06:13 AM
Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 04:17 PM
Originally posted by grimm@Feb 27 2005, 05:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Almighty Colin@Feb 27 2005, 07:43 AM
It is commonly said that Gordon Moore said computing power would double every 18 months. He never said that. What he actually said is that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1975, he changed that to every two years. David House was the one who stated that this would cause a doubling of performance every 18 months.
yes. so?:)
No point. Curious fact.
yeah but restating the obvious?:) i know ohio is boring but..:)
"Never use what you know as an example of what is obvious to everyone else". My father gave me this advice. [/b][/quote]
touche. good point:)