{"id":29205,"date":"2021-11-24T00:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T00:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?page_id=29205"},"modified":"2023-12-06T00:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:58:55","slug":"semiconductors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/why-evaluate-trends\/automation\/automation-target-industries\/semiconductors\/","title":{"rendered":"Semiconductors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Moore\u2019s Law<\/h4>\n<p>Falling costs have been boosted by rising sales and development of new technologies. Moore\u2019s Law applies to more than just computer chips.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/why-evaluate-trends\/mooreslaw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MooresLaw.png?fit=630%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,394\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MooresLaw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MooresLaw.png?fit=525%2C328&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MooresLaw.png?resize=525%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MooresLaw.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MooresLaw.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Moore&#8217;s law<\/em>&#8221; is the observation by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that, over the history of computers, the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years. The dollar cost of computing has followed a similar path.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia (NVDA) claim that CPU (computer processing unit) performance scaling is now slowing, as the creation of denser CPU circuitry runs up against the boundaries of physics, and that advances in processing power will now largely be driven by graphics processing units (GPUs). As the largest manufacturer of GPUs, they may be biased, and only time will tell whether advances in CPU performance continue along Moore&#8217;s path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2018\/Moores-law-cpu-gpu.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moore's Law and CPUs\/GPUs\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Source: Nvidia brochure 2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moore\u2019s Law Falling costs have been boosted by rising sales and development of new technologies. 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