Peter B. Seel

Digital Universe


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      15 15. The Greek root word “kyber” is also the source of the English word “govern”.

      16 16. Cited in Macnamara, J. (2010). Sorting myths and cyberbole from trends and tipping points. In J. Macnamara, The 21st century media (r)evolution. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, pp. 105–135.

       “Moore’s law really is dead this time.”

       “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

       “Transistor density on integrated circuits doubles about every two years.” – The Intel Corporation5

       “The size of each transistor on an integrated circuit chip will be reduced by 50 percent every twenty-four months.” – Raymond Kurzweil6

      Dr. Yale Patt, a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin, addresses Moore’s law in his introductory lectures by asking the following question of his students:

       What is Moore’s law about?

      1 Physics?

      2 Computer process technology?

      3 Computer micro-architecture?

      4 Psychology?

      As a pattern of growth, few natural systems can sustain exponential doubling for long. Resource constraints, environmental degradation, or other natural limits inhibit growth. These limitations have long led critics to suggest that Moore’s law was unsustainable, but they overlooked that this is a human-created technology based on the fundamental properties of silicon, not an organic phenomenon. The technological implications of Moore’s law are not all sweetness and light. The notebook computer you bought two years ago is now worth less than half of what you paid for it – assuming that you can find anyone who would want to buy it in your community. The only real options are to donate it for use elsewhere or recycle the components. There is a planned obsolescence associated with Moore’s law that is very good news for chip makers, computer manufacturers, and software producers – and not such great news for consumers. We will return to this aspect of Moore’s law later, but it is worth contemplating in terms of developing a sense of critical literacy discussed in the preface.

      The Prediction