Question

MATLAB

According to Moore’s Law ( an observation made in 1965 by Gordon Moore, a cofounder of Intel Corporation, the number of transistors that would fit per square inch on a semiconductor integrated circuit doubles approximately every 2 years. In 1965, the state of the art technology allowed for 30 transistors per square inch. Moore’s Law says that transistor density can be predicted by d = 30*2(t/2) where t is measured in years.

1. Letting t = 0 represent the year 1965 and t = 46 represent 2011, use this model to calculate the predicted number of transistors per square inch for the 46 years from 1965 to 2011 (use 2 year increments). Display the results in a clearly labeled table.Plot the results using a semilogy plot.

The total transistor count on integrated circuits produced over the 40 year period from 1971 thru 2011 is shown in Table P5.19

.2. Create a semilogy plot of the actual data, using circles only to indicate the data points (no lines).

3. Include a second line representing the predicted values using Moore’s Law, based on the 1971 count as the starting point. Add legends and titles. 4. Plot all 3 of these plots onto a single figure.5.

Has Gordon’s Law proved valid or not?

Answer 1