Swanson's law Swanson's law Swanson's law is the observation that the price of solar photovoltaic modules tends to drop 20 percent for every doubling of cumulative shipped volume. At present rates, costs halve about every 10 years. It is named after Richard Swanson, the founder of SunPower Corporation, a solar panel manufacturer. Swanson's law has been compared to Moore's law, which predicts the growing computing power of processors. Crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell prices have fallen from $76.67 per watt in 1977 to $0.36 per watt in 2014. Plotting the module price (in $/Wp) versus time shows a dropping by 10% per year.
Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. for discovery of certain Intel documents in order to further their complaint. Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241 (2004), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving , which authorizes United States district courts to enforce discovery requests made in connection with litigation being conducted in foreign tribunals. Prior to "Intel", there had been substantial disagreement as to the availability of Section 1782 Discovery. The "Intel" case originated from Advanced Micro Devices's antitrust claims against Intel in Europe. AMD