Quote of the day by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore: 'The number of transistors incorporated in a chip will approximately double every 24 months' laying
down a prophecy for decades of computing acceleration

Date:
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Moore's law held up for many years, with engineers finally reaching the physical limitations of silicon in the last decade or so

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The computing industry owes a lot to the guiding vision of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, whose prediction about the pace of advancement in the computing industry has been a fixture
for more than 50 years. But how much room does this rule have left to run?
"In the future, the integration level of semiconductors will double every two years." Gordon Moore, December 1975 Moore's Law Moore, who was the president of Intel at the time, delivered his famous prediction known as Moore's Law at the 1975 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, according to the Computer History Museum . Quote of the day This article is part of TechRadar Pro's QOTD project to provide an insight into the minds of the brightest and most recognized figures in the technology industry today and in years gone
by. Read the full series here . This prediction, however, wasn't his first. A decade before, Moore authored an article titled ' Cramming more components onto integrated circuits ' in which he predicted that the number of transistors crammed into integrated circuits would double every year. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

The initial projections were incorrect, but he was confident that, thanks to advances in technology, his projection could be realized accurately if he updated his timelines.

It eventually became a self-fulfilling prophecy, with the semiconductor industry almost using this prediction as a benchmark against which to judge progress with engineers challenged to deliver breakthroughs that ensured their work complied with Moore's Law. You may like Quote of the day by former Intel CEO Andy Grove: "Success breeds complacency" Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: "Software is eating the world" "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home": Quote of the
day late tech exec Ken Olsen The future of chipmaking Moore's Law held up for many years, but the nature of exponential growth may not seem realistic, especially given there are hard physical constraints with the widely used silicon-based semiconductors.

Although there's no firm date at which Moore's Law no longer applied, there's a wide understanding that the doubling in transistor count every two years slowed down roughly 10 years ago . Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news
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In today's age, it's getting harder and harder to cram more transistors onto
a single chip, although scientists are experimenting with new technologies or approaches that could ensure the continuation of progress. These ideas
include 3D stacking as well as new semiconductor materials.



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