diff --git a/content/mooreslaw-tutorial.md b/content/mooreslaw-tutorial.md index 8e66104e..42c0de15 100644 --- a/content/mooreslaw-tutorial.md +++ b/content/mooreslaw-tutorial.md @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ _The number of transistors reported per a given chip plotted on a log scale in t In 1965, engineer Gordon Moore [predicted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law) that transistors on a chip would double every two years in the coming decade -[[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law), -[2](https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/05/moores-law-electronics.pdf)]. +[[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law)]. You'll compare Moore's prediction against actual transistor counts in the 53 years following his prediction. You will determine the best-fit constants to describe the exponential growth of transistors on semiconductors compared to Moore's Law. @@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ print("This is x{:.2f} more transistors than 1971".format(ML_1973 / ML_1971)) Now, make a prediction based upon the historical data for semiconductors per chip. The [Transistor Count -\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#Microprocessors) +\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#Microprocessors) each year is in the `transistor_data.csv` file. Before loading a \*.csv file into a NumPy array, its a good idea to inspect the structure of the file first. Then, locate the columns of interest and save them to a @@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ double every two years from 1965 through 1975, but the average growth has maintained a consistent increase of $\times 1.98 \pm 0.01$ every two years from 1971 through 2019. In 2015, Moore revised his prediction to say Moore's law should hold until 2025. -[[3](https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress)]. +[[2](https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress)]. You can share these results as a zipped NumPy array file, `mooreslaw_regression.npz`, or as another csv, `mooreslaw_regression.csv`. The amazing progress in semiconductor @@ -533,6 +532,5 @@ has been over the last half-century. ## References 1. ["Moore's Law." Wikipedia article. Accessed Oct. 1, 2020.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law) -2. [Moore, Gordon E. (1965-04-19). "Cramming more components onto integrated circuits". intel.com. Electronics Magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2020.](https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/05/moores-law-electronics.pdf) -3. [Courtland, Rachel. "Gordon Moore: The Man Whose Name Means Progress." IEEE Spectrum. 30 Mar. 2015.](https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress). -4. ["Transistor Count." Wikipedia article. Accessed Oct. 1, 2020.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#Microprocessors) +2. [Courtland, Rachel. "Gordon Moore: The Man Whose Name Means Progress." IEEE Spectrum. 30 Mar. 2015.](https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/gordon-moore-the-man-whose-name-means-progress). +3. ["Transistor Count." Wikipedia article. Accessed Oct. 1, 2020.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#Microprocessors)