Friday, April 22, 2005
Moore's Law and Innovation 40 Years Later
by Laura Sydell
"Morning Edition, April 18, 2005 - Tuesday marks 40 years since Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, predicted the number of transistors on a silicon chip would double about every 18 months. That prediction has held true and has resulted in progressively smaller, faster computers. But engineers worry that Moore's Law may not last forever."
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by Laura Sydell
"Morning Edition, April 18, 2005 - Tuesday marks 40 years since Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, predicted the number of transistors on a silicon chip would double about every 18 months. That prediction has held true and has resulted in progressively smaller, faster computers. But engineers worry that Moore's Law may not last forever."
LISTEN TO REPORT:
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mms://wm.npr.na-central.speedera.net/wm.npr.na-central/me/20050418_me_07.wma
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ME&showDate=18-Apr-2005&segNum=7&NPRMediaPref=WM&getAd=1
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