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Moore’s Law
In science, once researchers think they have
understood how something works, they enunciate a law that should
allow fellow researchers to predict future behaviour.
"Moore's Law", however, is different. Enunciated for the first time in 1965 and later modified many a time, it actually never said anything about the 18 months that are supposedly needed for manufacturers to double the speed of processors. [1]
Rather than a law, Moore's Law is a brilliant marketing statement: we at Intel will produce ever faster semi-conductors. Someone please stand up and find a way to use them, or we won't know who to sell them to. [2]
Many people in Silicon Valley disagree. Ray Kurzweil, founder of the Singularity Movement, thinks that Moore's Law is nothing less than a law of nature. [3]
Kevin Kelly thinks Moore's Law is a divine law by which technology is speaking to us.
And what technology has to say is always: Let me take care of everything. I'll fix the future.
"Moore's Law", however, is different. Enunciated for the first time in 1965 and later modified many a time, it actually never said anything about the 18 months that are supposedly needed for manufacturers to double the speed of processors. [1]
Rather than a law, Moore's Law is a brilliant marketing statement: we at Intel will produce ever faster semi-conductors. Someone please stand up and find a way to use them, or we won't know who to sell them to. [2]
Many people in Silicon Valley disagree. Ray Kurzweil, founder of the Singularity Movement, thinks that Moore's Law is nothing less than a law of nature. [3]
Kevin Kelly thinks Moore's Law is a divine law by which technology is speaking to us.
And what technology has to say is always: Let me take care of everything. I'll fix the future.