Moore's law of components, "a component being a transistor, resistor, diode or capacitor", at minimum cost. Transistors per integrated circuit – The most popular formulation is of the doubling of the number of transistors on integrated circuits every two years. At the end of the 1970s, Moore's law became known as the limit for the number of transistors on the most complex chips. The graph at the top shows this trend holds true today. Density at minimum cost per transistor – This is the formulation given in Moore's 1965 paper. It is not just about the density of transistors that can be
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