I think maybe because it was called a law it has inspired continued progress“
That’s exactly what Cal Tech scientist Carver Mead has said about Moore’s Law and he should know because he coined the term.
Mead, who is basically behind the whole integrated circuit miniaturization scheme, says that in the early days, he had no luck convincing anyone that his ideas would work.
But once someone tried it and saw that it did work, it became a self perpetuating process.
As Mead has pointed out, the key element is “belief that it will work”.
But belief is obviously not the same as physical law and when the two are in competition, physical law wins every time.
I think maybe because it was called a law it has inspired continued progress“
That’s exactly what Cal Tech scientist Carver Mead has said about Moore’s Law and he should know because he coined the term.
Mead, who is basically behind the whole integrated circuit miniaturization scheme, says that in the early days, he had no luck convincing anyone that his ideas would work.
But once someone tried it and saw that it did work, it became a self perpetuating process.
As Mead has pointed out, the key element is “belief that it will work”.
But belief is obviously not the same as physical law and when the two are in competition, physical law wins every time.