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Moore's second law

Index Moore's second law

Rock's law or Moore's second law, named for Arthur Rock or Gordon Moore, says that the cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years. [1]

10 relations: Arthur Rock, Fabless manufacturing, Gordon Moore, Integrated circuit, Moore's law, Semiconductor consolidation, Semiconductor device fabrication, Semiconductor fabrication plant, The Limits to Growth, Unit cost.

Arthur Rock

Arthur Rock (born August 19, 1926) is an American businessman and investor.

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Fabless manufacturing

Fabless manufacturing is the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing the fabrication (or "fab") of the devices to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry.

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Gordon Moore

Gordon Earle Moore (born January 3, 1929) is an American businessman, engineer, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation, and the author of Moore's law.

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Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon.

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Moore's law

Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years.

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Semiconductor consolidation

Semiconductor consolidation is the trend of semiconductor companies collaborating in order to come to a practical synergy with the goal of being able to operate in a business model that can sustain profitability.

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Semiconductor device fabrication

Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to create the integrated circuits that are present in everyday electrical and electronic devices.

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Semiconductor fabrication plant

In the microelectronics industry a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab; sometimes foundry) is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are manufactured.

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The Limits to Growth

The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report on the computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources.

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Unit cost

The unit cost is the cost incurred by a company to produce, store and sell one unit of a particular product.

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Rock Law, Rock's Law, Rock's law, Rock’s Law.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_second_law

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