"Moore's Law" is the empirical observation that the transistor density of integrated circuits, with respect to minimum component cost, doubles roughly every 24 months.

Despite power issues, transistor densities are still doubling every 18 to 24 months.

This graph does indeed show transistor densities doubling every 12 months, so the formulation above is accurate.

The key to taking advantage of rising transistor densities, Meyerson argues, is in a "holistic" design approach:

The problem is confusing a doubling of transistor density with a doubling of "computer speed."

Moore's Law continues, at least for now, but our ability to make code run faster with each new increase in transistor density has slowed considerably.

Figure 12-1 illustrates how transistor density and clockspeed work together to increase dynamic power density.

Furthermore, because transistor densities have increased, power densities have increased as well.

Moore's Law is the empirical observation that transistor density in a microprocessor doubles every 18 to 24 months.

The higher the transistor density, the higher the heat.