Miniaturization Miniaturization Miniaturization (Br.Eng.: "Miniaturisation") is the trend to manufacture ever smaller mechanical, optical and electronic products and devices. Examples include miniaturization of mobile phones, computers and vehicle engine downsizing. In electronics, Moore's law, which was named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, predicted that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 18 months. This enables processors to be built in smaller sizes. The history of miniaturization is associated with the history of information technology based on the succession of switching devices, each smaller, faster, cheaper than its predecessor. During the period referred to as
Doubling time in five years, and an Egyptian proverb of the time was "If wealth is placed where it bears interest, it comes back to you redoubled." Examining the doubling time can give a more intuitive sense of the long-term impact of growth than simply viewing the percentage growth rate For a constant growth rate of "r%", the formula for the doubling time "T" is given by Some doubling times calculated with this formula are shown in this table. Simple doubling time formula: For example, with an annual growth rate of 4.8% the doubling time is 14.78 years, and a doubling time