“Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”
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“Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” is the landmark 1965 article by Gordon E. Moore that introduced the observation later known as Moore’s Law, predicting the exponential growth of transistor density on integrated circuits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cramming more components onto integrated circuits | 3 |
| “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T255931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” Context triple: [Gordon E. Moore, notableWork, “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”]
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IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on the design, analysis, and implementation of VLSI and integrated systems.
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Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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C.
SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program
The SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program is a DARPA initiative to develop brain-inspired electronic systems that emulate neural architectures for highly efficient, scalable cognitive computing.
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D.
Intel Inside
Intel Inside is a famous marketing slogan and branding campaign used to promote personal computers powered by Intel processors.
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IEEE Electron Device Letters
IEEE Electron Device Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on rapid publication of short, original research papers in the field of electron and semiconductor devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” Target entity description: “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” is the landmark 1965 article by Gordon E. Moore that introduced the observation later known as Moore’s Law, predicting the exponential growth of transistor density on integrated circuits.
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A.
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on the design, analysis, and implementation of VLSI and integrated systems.
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B.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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C.
SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program
The SyNAPSE neuromorphic computing program is a DARPA initiative to develop brain-inspired electronic systems that emulate neural architectures for highly efficient, scalable cognitive computing.
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D.
Intel Inside
Intel Inside is a famous marketing slogan and branding campaign used to promote personal computers powered by Intel processors.
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E.
IEEE Electron Device Letters
IEEE Electron Device Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on rapid publication of short, original research papers in the field of electron and semiconductor devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark paper
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scientific article ⓘ |
| author | Gordon E. Moore ⓘ |
| authorAffiliationAtTime | Fairchild Semiconductor ⓘ |
| citedAs | Moore 1965 paper ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
manufacturing improvements in integrated circuits
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trend of decreasing cost per component ⓘ trend of increasing circuit complexity ⓘ |
| field |
computer engineering
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electrical engineering ⓘ semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
computing performance trends
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cost per transistor trends ⓘ memory chip design ⓘ microprocessor design ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | guiding principle for semiconductor scaling for decades ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
milestone in semiconductor scaling theory
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origin of Moore's law formulation ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer industry roadmapping
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semiconductor industry planning ⓘ technology scaling strategies ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | Moore's law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReinterpretedAs | doubling of transistor count roughly every two years ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
computer hardware
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integrated circuits ⓘ microelectronics ⓘ semiconductor technology ⓘ technology forecasting ⓘ transistors ⓘ |
| predictionInterval | approximately every year (original formulation) ⓘ |
| predicts |
exponential growth of transistor density
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regular doubling of components per integrated circuit ⓘ |
| proposes |
continued miniaturization of components
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economic benefits of higher component density ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1965-04-19 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Electronics magazine ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dennard scaling
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cost-performance curve of computing ⓘ integrated circuit scaling ⓘ transistor miniaturization ⓘ |
| title |
“Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”
self-link
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surface form:
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits
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| typeOfWork | technical forecast ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” Description of subject: “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits” is the landmark 1965 article by Gordon E. Moore that introduced the observation later known as Moore’s Law, predicting the exponential growth of transistor density on integrated circuits.
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