Moore’s Law

• Component in  an increased chip density
• Gordon Moore - cofounder of Intel
• The number of transistors on a chip doubles every year
• Since 1970 the development is rather slow
• Transitor to 2 times the amount in developing a chip every 18 months
• Price of the chip average fixed / unchanged
• Higher packing density electronic means shorter lines, increasing capacity
• A smaller size increases flexebilitas
• Reduce power and cooling needs
• Some Interconnection improve reliability 

Graph the number of transistors in a Pentium chips