Moores Law: 19712005

Year
1971
1972
1974
1978
1982
1985
1989
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005

Transisters per
square inch
2,300
3,500
6,000
29,000
134,000
275,000
1,200,000
3,100,000
5,500,000
7,500,000
19,000,000
44,000,000
95,200,000
190,000,000

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science

1,000,000,000

180,000,000

100,000,000

160,000,000

10,000,000

140,000,000

1,000,000

120,000,000

100,000

100,000,000
10,000

80,000,000

60,000,000
40,000,000

1,000
100
10

20,000,000
0

1
1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004

The observation made in 1965 by Gordon

Moore, co-founder of Intel, that the number of
transistors per square inch on integrated
circuits had doubled every year since the
integrated circuit was invented.

Transistors Per Square Inch

Transistors Per Square Inch

200,000,000

Log Scale

Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Actual
Projected
Projected

1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004