Yet others seemingly set themselves up for success, but fail to make backups or implement upgrades, often to their subsequent chagrin.įrom where I sit, the correct response to Moore’s Law is obvious. Some commit to keeping up with the rapid pace of technology, while others balk at the disruption and/or expense of buying and implementing new hardware and software. Exponential technological development has seen the ‘Law’ moving ever closer to Moore’s original annual cycle.Īs a SYSPRO Technical Consultant who spends a good deal of my time at the support desk, I see businesses grapple with Moore’s Law on a daily basis.
The result? Exponential gains in computer processing speed and a corresponding wave of technological innovation that has revolutionised the way we live – not to mention the way we do business. In 1975 he refined his observation to describe a two-year cycle.ĭespite frequent rumours of its demise, what came to be known as ‘Moore’s Law’ has held true for the last 50 years, driven by breakthroughs in miniaturisation, improvements in design and by economies of scale in chip production. Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, made the following observation – the number of transistors per integrated circuit was doubling every year, with a correlative doubling of processor speed.