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What is the rule that states that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years?

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Moore's Law

Step-by-step explanation:

Moore's Law was made in 1965 by Gordon Moore. While working at Fairchild Semiconductor, Moore observed the number of transistors doubling every year and plotted it on a log 2 graph. This graph was almost linear, increasing by 1 every year. Hence, Moore concluded that the number of transistors increased by 2^1 times every year or in simpler terms, doubled every year.

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