Question

In 1965 Gordon Moore, Co-founder of Intel, made a prediction about the future of computer processing. What does his prediction, known as Moore's Law say?

• A. As technology continues to advance, computer chips will become obsolete.
• B. Computer-processing power will double every 18 months to two years.
• C. There will eventually be no need for transistors in high-tech electronics.
• D. As the number of transistors increases, computer-processing power will be reduced by half in every two years.

Hint:

Think about transistor density doubling, not chips getting weaker or obsolete.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The correct answer is that computer processing power will double every 18 months to two years. Gordon Moore, who later co-founded Intel, made this observation in a 1965 paper, noting that the number of transistors that could be fitted on an integrated circuit was roughly doubling at a regular pace. This became known as Moore's Law, and it is popularly summarised as computing power doubling every one and a half to two years while cost stays roughly the same.

Moore's Law has been remarkably accurate for decades, driving the rapid growth of computing capability, smaller and cheaper chips, and faster devices, and it became a guiding benchmark for the semiconductor industry's research and manufacturing targets.

Option 1 is wrong since the law is about growth in capability, not chips becoming obsolete. Option 3 is wrong since transistors remain the fundamental building block of chips, the law is about how many can be packed in, not about eliminating them. Option 4 is wrong because it states power getting reduced by half, which is the exact opposite of what Moore's Law actually predicts.