Goodbye to Gordon Moore: Co -founder of Intel and author of the famous “Moore law”

Gordon Earle Moore
When I started working in the computer world in 1979, it was almost the first law that I was taught ! We must admit that in that time it left me quite indifferent and I did not perceive the importance.

Gordon Earle Moore and his famous Steem Created With Sketch law.

Gordon Earle Moore
When I started working in the computer world in 1979, it was almost the first law that I was taught ! We must admit that in that time it left me quite indifferent and I did not perceive the importance.

At the time I was told that, according to Moore’s law, “The power of computers doubled every 18 months, while the cost of transistors remained constant“”.

And today, It is never too late to deepen the subject, I wanted to know a little more !

But let’s start at the start.

Who is Gordon Earle Moore ?

This gentleman is now aged 90 years since he was born in 1929 in San Francisco.
Its CV is well supplied since it is doctor in chemistry and physics and which he found in particular (After departure from Fairchild semiconductor where he was an engineer), with 2 friends (Robert Noyce and Andrew Grove), a world famous box: Intel (First world semiconductor manufacturer if we are based on turnover)).

In 2006, his personal fortune acquired with Intel was estimated at $ 3.7 billion, which located it in 183 th place of the most important personal fortunes on the planet. That is to say the importance and power of the gentleman.

Moore’s law

It’s in 1965, What is expressed for the first time, in the magazine Electronics, Moore’s empirical law.
The strong point of this “law“is that it predicted with amazing efficiency the colossal progress of the IT sector in terms of computing power.

Moore, a soothsy but how did he do ?
As you will understand, the Moore man is very intelligent and, moreover, an informed observer !
But what had he observed ?

By analyzing entry-level semiconductors since their creation in 1959, Gordon had found that their complexity doubled every 2 years while their cost remained constant. By focusing on regular progress in the field of electronic chips, he could thus claim that The number of transistors per integrated circuit of the same size would double every year at constant prices. It should be noted that in 1965, the most efficient circuit counted only. 64 Transistors !

In 1975, Gordon Moore saw his forecast by stipulating that The number of transistors used in silicon microprocessors would double every 2 years.
It’s here Moore law or to be more precise: the Moore conjecture.

The most beautiful in the case is that this observation, purely empirical, has proven to be surprisingly. As proof: between 1971 and 2001, the density of transistors doubled all . 1.96 years. Too strong gordon ��.

It is clear that the computing powers of computers have literally exploded !
Remember : In 1971, the 1st Intel microprocessor (the C4004) contained 2.300 transistors.
46 years later (So in 2017, if you are good in mental calculation ��), Intel released a processor containing 1 billion 700 million transistors !

Lady. And in accordance with the forecasts of our friend Moore whose law applies, still today, to most computer sectors. and to the greatest benefit of consumers that we are.
To the greatest profit because, every 2 years, you can acquire a chip 2 times more powerful At same price or so same power that the old but to half price.

More Than Moore

But since 2016, the paradigm seems to have to change to make way for what specialists call the More Than Moore. This deserves some explanations.

Moore’s law has been, since its origin, a good sting for industry in order to regularly double the power of IT equipment. Although the progression continues, it begins to reach its physical limits and his slow-down is felt.

The slowdown in Moore’s law is underway !

The approach that seems to emerge is to no longer continue to double the power of fleas at all costs but to refocus on the needs of applications and find technical solutions to satisfy them. It is therefore a question of adapting in a more subtle way to the use of computers.

Moore’s law seems to have reached its limits but it will have enabled the development of computer science. This being the calculation powers have not reached their glass ceiling and the arrival of quantum computers in a few years could restore a significant and exceptional breath to the world of computers.

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Goodbye to Gordon Moore: Co -founder of Intel and author of the famous “Moore law”

The world of computer science is in mourning today after the disappearance of Gordon Moore, who died at the age of 94. This man, co-founder of Intel and author of the famous “Moore law”, played a decisive role in the evolution and development of the semiconductive industry.

You probably know this man without knowing it. Born January 3, 1929, Gordon Earle Moore studied chemistry and physics at the University of California, in Berkeley, before obtaining his doctorate in chemistry and physics of semiconductors in California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 1957, he co-brought Fairchild Semiconductor, a pioneering company in the production of silicon transistors, which later became a major player in the semiconductor industry.

In 1968, Gordon Moore Cofonde Intel Corporation with Robert Noyce. As you know, Intel will quickly become a giant of the semiconductor industry and the microprocessor, giving birth to major innovations that have laid the basis of the era of personal IT.

It was in 1965 that Gordon Moore made his famous ” Moore law »». This empirical law states that the number of transistors on a integrated circuit double approximately every two years, resulting in an exponential increase in computing power and cost reduction. Although Gordon Moore initially predicted a doubling every 12 months, his law was adjusted in 1975 to take into account the real development rate. Moore’s law has become an cornerstone of the electronic industry, guiding innovations and technological advances for decades.

Moore’s law is not a physical law

Moore’s law is not a physical law: unlike the laws of physics, Moore’s law is an empirical observation based on past trends. There is no fundamental reason for this law to continue to apply indefinitely.

Indeed, Moore’s law gradually reaches its limits due to physical constraints (at nanometric levels), material and economic. These challenges make it possible to explore paradigms and to innovate in fields such as quantum computing, neuromorphic architectures and artificial intelligence. These emerging technologies offer promising new perspectives to repel the boundaries of performance and energy efficiency, going beyond the capacities of conventional semiconductors.

The disappearance of Gordon Moore rings the end of an era, marking the loss of a pioneer who has shaped the landscape of computer science and electronics since the first days of the semiconductor industry. As co -founder of Intel and author of the famous Moore law, he left an indelible heritage which will continue to influence the future generations of engineers and researchers.

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