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
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case where the majority ruling, written by Justice Harlan, asserted that the burden of showing a lack of factual controversy rests upon the party asserting the summary judgment. It was later challenged by "Celotex Corp. v. Catrett" (1986), but the case was not officially overruled. Plaintiff Sandra Adickes (Adickes), a white schoolteacher, was refused service by defendant S. H. Kress & Co. when she ordered food at Kress's Hattiesburg, Mississippi lunch counter in 1964. The refusal