The exact wording from the show: "In 1965 this American engineer first enunciated his famed "law", predicting computing power would double every year"
Looking it up just now, he apparently predicted a doubling every year in his original 1965 article, and then in 1975 he revised the prediction to "will double every two years." > On Nov 6, 2021, at 12:17 AM, Steve VanDevender > <[email protected]> wrote: > > danny burstein writes: >> I forget the category, but the clue was something like: >> >> "This man's statement, now called ____'s law, >> was that computers would double in speed >> every year" >> >> The respnse was, of course: >> >> "Who is ... (rot-13) Zbber" >> >> But his observation was... that this would >> happen... every TWO years. > > Moore's law is that the number of transistors on integrated circuits > doubles about every two years, and not about the speed of computers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/24966.11262.31221.331878%40hexadecimal.uoregon.edu. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/E264D08B-213A-4D72-AD97-EB04AD328788%40ellwanger.tv.
