Gordon Moore

difficult magnetic core cost performance unclear

"I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and eventually we had both cost and performance advantages. But it wasn't at all clear in the beginning."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

Moore's Law transistor resistor chip double 24 month

"Moore's Law - The number of transistors and resistors on a chip doubles every 24 months"

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"If everything you try works, you aren't trying hard enough."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

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"If you'd asked me in 1980 what the big impact of microprocessors would be, I probably would have missed the PC. If you asked me in 1990 what was important, I probably would have missed the Internet."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

Morre's law economics

"Moore's law is really about economics."

—Gordon Moore (1929-2023)