Moore's law
Definition
Prediction that the number of transistors (hence the processing power) that can be squeezed onto a silicon chip of a given size will double every 18 months. Stated by Gordon Moore (a cofounder of computer chip maker Intel and its former chairman) in 1965, it has proven to be amazingly accurate over the years.
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