I want to know why the phenomenon of moore's law exists - why double every 2 years?
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Moore's Law doesn't decide anything, it's an observation and a prediction. Has tended to hold true for quite a while though, but now we're expanding sideways instead of upwards (more cores instead of higher speeds).
Read more about Moore's Law on Wikipedia
Oh, and in the future, try to write better questions. I assume your question means the same as "Why is Moore's Law written the way it is". If not, please rephrase it.
Seriously, how hard can it be to get the markdown server-side renderer to work properly? I had to edit this answer 6 times before getting the link to show.
Lasse V. Karlsen
2008-12-29 00:35:40
And the link still doesn't work.
Robert Gamble
2008-12-29 00:40:46
i'm still trying... no luck either
Diadistis
2008-12-29 00:41:32
Note: the link still doesn't work
Andrew G. Johnson
2008-12-29 00:41:36
The quote in the link needs to be written as %27, of course this works perfectly in the javascript preview.
Lasse V. Karlsen
2008-12-29 00:42:21
Use the URL escape character for the quote character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law.
Robert Gamble
2008-12-29 00:42:47
Congrats on getting the link working on your first try, it's worth a bunch of upvotes just for that!
Lasse V. Karlsen
2008-12-29 00:43:04
I had a look at the wiki - it didn't really give me an understanding of why this trend occurs.
Ash Kim
2008-12-29 00:57:12
@lassevk, haha, thanks. @diadistis's quote explains it well... it's more a self-fulfilling prophesy than a trend. at this point, thats what we're shooting to do because it's been achieved so regularly in the past. it was just a REALLY accurate guess.
contagious
2008-12-29 07:29:58
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From Wikipedia :
Although Moore's law was initially made in the form of an observation and forecast, the more widely it became accepted, the more it served as a goal for an entire industry. This drove both marketing and engineering departments of semiconductor manufacturers to focus enormous energy aiming for the specified increase in processing power that it was presumed one or more of their competitors would soon actually attain. In this regard, it can be viewed as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Diadistis
2008-12-29 00:36:47