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Moore’s Law
Gordon Moore: co-founder of Intel
Predicted that the number of transistors per chip would grow exponentially (double every 18 months)
Exponential improvement in technology is a natural trend:
e.g. Steam Engines - Dynamo - Automobile
IC Products
Processors
CPU, DSP, Controllers
Memory chips
RAM, ROM, EEPROM
Analog
Mobile communication,audio/video processing
Programmable
PLA, FPGA
Embedded systems
Used in cars, factories
Network cards
System-on-chip (SoC)