Post on 17-Jan-2015
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Moore's Lawand the Video Game Revolution
Moore's Law
Boils down to...
The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year ... Over the longer term, the rate of increase is a bit more uncertain, although there is no
reason to believe it will not remain nearly constant for at least 10 years. That means by 1975, the number of components per
integrated circuit for minimum cost will be 65,000."
- Gordon MooreElectronics Magazine, 1965
The number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years.
- Moore's Law
So... What's a Transistor?a transistor is a semiconductor device commonly used to amplify
or switch electronic signals.
What's a Processor?A Central Processing Unit (CPU), or processor, is a description of a
class of logic machines that can execute computer programs.
Pong (1972) < 8 bit
Super Mario Brothers 8 bit
Sonic the Hedgehog 16 bit
Final Fantasy VII32 Bit
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time 64 Bit
Final Fantasy X 128 bit
Gears of War