Year 8- Moore's Law

Year 8 - Moore's Law

​Do Now

​Compare these images.

1.What are they?

2.Which order should they be in?

3.How have they changed or improved?

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Q&A – What has caused the changes?

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​Gordon Moore

​Moore’s Law is named after Gordon Moore.

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In 1965, Moore founded Intel Corporation with Robert Noyce.

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Intel was to become the world's largest producer of computer microchips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCbcIFAtB0A&t=41s

​Questions

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1.When did Moore make his prediction?

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2.What is changing every two years?

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3.What has it changed?

Open Ended

​Questions

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1.When did Moore make his prediction?

2.What is changing every two years?

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3.What has it changed?

Multiple Select

What is the picture of?

• The first computer

• The first internet router

• Memory storage

• The first electronic general-purpose digital computer

​Timeline of Computers

​The 1940s: valve computers

​The early computers were enormous. They filled a large room.

​The switches used to process data were valves the size of a thumb.

​ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose digital computer, contained nearly 18,000 valves within its circuits. That might sound like a lot, but ENIAC's processing power was miniscule; less than a small electronic calculator today.

Multiple Choice

What are these computer pioneers (ALL FEMALE!) holding?

• circuit boards

• speakers

• keyboards

• computer

​1947: the invention of the transistor

​These computer pioneers are holding circuit boards from four generations of early computers, from ENIAC.

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​The first big reduction in in the size of electronic computers came when valves were replaced by much smaller transistors.

Multiple Choice

What is displayed in the image?

• Transistors

• USB