Moore's law

English

Alternative forms

• Moore's Law

Etymology

Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.

Proper noun

Moore's law

1. (computing) An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.
   • 2015, Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones, Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, Hachette UK (→ISBN), unnumbered page:

     How will industries and enterprises dependent upon and accustomed to Moore's Law continue to thrive? What might this disruption mean for society? And will the certainty of continued exponential change enshrined in Moore's Law ever become standard again?

Translations

empirical observation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩爾定律／摩尔定律, 摩尔定律 (mo¹ ji⁵ ding⁶ leot⁶)

  Mandarin: 摩爾定律／摩尔定律 (Mó'ěr dìnglǜ), 摩尔定律 (Mó'ěr dìnglǜ)

• Estonian: Moore'i seadus
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• Finnish: Mooren laki (fi)
• French: loi de Moore f
• Japanese: ムーアの法則 (ムーアのほうそく, Mūa no hōsoku)
• Polish: Prawo Moore’a n

Derived terms

• Eroom's law

Further reading

• Moore's law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Eroom's law