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From: sgolson@pyrite.East.Sun.COM (Steve Golson)
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Subject: Moore's Law
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Date: 12 Jan 90 16:32:58 GMT
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When did Gordon Moore first postulate Moore's Law? Quoting from 
"Computer Structures" by Siewiorek, Bell, and Newell p. 64:

	In 1964, Gorden [sic] E. Moore, then director of research at
	Fairchild Semiconductor, predicted that the component count per
	IC chip would double every year.

Unfortunately there is no reference. Anyone have a definitive answer?

Steve Golson         sgolson@East.sun.com          golson@cup.portal.com
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