“Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”

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landmark paper scientific article

“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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark paper → scientific article →
author	Gordon E. Moore →
authorAffiliationAtTime	Fairchild Semiconductor →
citedAs	Moore 1965 paper →
countryOfPublication	United States →
describes	manufacturing improvements in integrated circuits → trend of decreasing cost per component → trend of increasing circuit complexity →
field	computer engineering → electrical engineering → semiconductor manufacturing →
hasImpactOn	computing performance trends → cost per transistor trends → memory chip design → microprocessor design →
hasLegacy	guiding principle for semiconductor scaling for decades →
historicalSignificance	milestone in semiconductor scaling theory → origin of Moore's law formulation →
influenced	computer industry roadmapping → semiconductor industry planning → technology scaling strategies →
introducesConcept	Moore's law →
language	English →
laterReinterpretedAs	doubling of transistor count roughly every two years →
mainSubject	computer hardware → integrated circuits → microelectronics → semiconductor technology → technology forecasting → transistors →
predictionInterval	approximately every year (original formulation) →
predicts	exponential growth of transistor density → regular doubling of components per integrated circuit →
proposes	continued miniaturization of components → economic benefits of higher component density →
publicationDate	1965-04-19 →
publicationYear	1965 →
publishedIn	Electronics magazine →
relatedConcept	Dennard scaling → cost-performance curve of computing → integrated circuit scaling → transistor miniaturization →
title	Cramming more components onto integrated circuits →
typeOfWork	technical forecast →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gordon E. Moore →	notableWork
Moore's law ("Cramming more components onto integrated circuits") →	originalArticleTitle
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits ("Cramming more components onto integrated circuits") →	title