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Moore's Law predicted microchip transistor density would double every two years
Gordon Moore formulated the observation in 1965 to describe semiconductor technology growth
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noted in 1965 that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubled approximately every one to two years. This empirical observation guided targets for semiconductor research and fabrication for decades. Shrinking semiconductor transistor gates to nanometre scales allowed exponential gains in computing performance and power efficiency.
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