MOORE’S LAW AND THE FUTURE by Maurice.V.Wilkes
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The continual reduction of size has made microcomputers not only faster, but also cheaper. There has been no occasion to make a compromise between performance and cost. This is a reversal of the normal state of affairs. Gordon Moore, speaking at a meeting held at the Cavendish Laboratory in March 1997 to celebrate the centennial of the discovery of the electron, described it as a violation of Murphy’s law.
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