#readwise # Moore's Law - Wikipedia  ## Metadata - Author: [[en.wikipedia.org]] - Full Title: Moore's Law - Wikipedia - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law ## Highlights - Moore's law is **the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years**. Moore's law is an observation and **projection of a historical trend**. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empirical relationship linked to gains from experience in production. The observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel (and former CEO of the latter), who **in 1965 posited a doubling every year** in the number of components per integrated circuit,[a] and projected this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade. **In 1975, looking forward to the next decade, he revised the forecast to doubling every two years**, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41%. While Moore did not use empirical evidence in forecasting that the historical trend would continue, his **prediction held since 1975** and has since become known as a "law".