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Expand Up @@ -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.

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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
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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
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## 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)
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