In 1965, computer scientist and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore calculated the year to year progress that had been made during the brief history of computer chips, and he realized that as a result of scientific and technological innovation, the capacity of chips to perform computing functions was doubling roughly every year. This progress was instigated on the scientific side largely by academic and industry researchers, who had continually found new ways to put more switches onto a single chip, and on the commercial side as a result of the market environment in which the chip makers were competing, where they had strong incentive to improve their products to sustain or improve their market position.
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