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Moore's Law 2.0 - The End and Beginning of a New Era!

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April 9, 2015

April 19 marks the 50th anniversary of Moore’s law. This is not just a very significant anniversary for technology, but for all of mankind.

Here is why. We have never before seen such explosive innovation on such a massive and sustained scale.

Let me break it down. Gordon Moore formulated his vision about semiconductor complexity explosion in 1965. Originally, he predicted a doubling of the number of components on a chip every year. Later he revised it to occur every two years.

What does this mean when we compare 1965 to 2015?

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