Measuring Moore's Law: Evidence from Price, Cost, and Quality Indexes

Working Paper No. 24553 “Moore’s Law” in the semiconductor manufacturing industry is used to describe the predictable historical evolution of a single manufacturing technology platform that has been continuously reducing the costs of fabricating electronic circuits since the mid-1960s. Some features...

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Published in:NBER Working Paper Series 2018-04, p.24553
Main Author: Flamm, Kenneth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circuits
Economic theory
Electronics industry
Manufacturing
Production costs
Semiconductors
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Summary:Working Paper No. 24553 “Moore’s Law” in the semiconductor manufacturing industry is used to describe the predictable historical evolution of a single manufacturing technology platform that has been continuously reducing the costs of fabricating electronic circuits since the mid-1960s. Some features of its future evolution were first correctly predicted by Gordon E. Moore in 1965, and Moore’s Law became an industry synonym for continuous, periodic reduction in both size and cost for electronic circuit elements.
ISSN:0898-2937
DOI:10.3386/w24553