Digital Universe: The Global Telecommunication Revolution
  • The Book
  • Table of Contents
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    • Chapter 1 -- Introduction
    • Chapter 2 -- Thinkling about Moore's Law
    • Chapter 3 -- Critical Perspectives
    • Chapter 4 -- Origins of the Internet
    • Chapter 5 -- Internet Evolution
    • Chapter 6 -- The Web
    • Chapter 7 -- Telecommunication and the "Flat" world
    • Chapter 8 -- Digital Media Convergence
    • Chapter 9 -- The Public and Private Internet
    • Chapter 10 -- Censorship and Global Cyberculture
    • Chapter 11 -- The Dark Side
    • Chapter 12 -- Wired and Wireless Communication Technologies
    • Chapter 13 -- Virtual and Augmented Worlds
    • Chapter 14 -- The Future of the Digital Universe
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Links for Chapter 2 – Thinking about Moore’s Law


The Intel Corporation has several interesting pages on their website about former CEO Gordon Moore and Moore's law -- with charts that support it. Click here to access these pages.

Gordon Moore's predictions on the doubling of IC speed and capacity can be found in the 1965 Electronics article "Cramming more components onto integrated circuits." (vol. 38, page 8) -- accessible online here.

Daniel Chandler has created an insightful website about Technological Determinism that contains useful links to related resources. The link to the primary definition page is here.

The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative has a fascinating site with information about recent developments in the field -- the site link is here.