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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will what every 2 years?
A
decrease
B
double
C
stay the same
D
triple
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Moore’s law is a term used to refer to the observation made by the late Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rock’s law or Moore’s second law, named for Arthur Rock or Gordon Moore, says that the cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years. As of 2015, the price had already reached about 14 billion US dollars.

Detailed explanation-3: -The observation that the number of transistors on anintegrated circuit doubles approximately every two yearsis called Moore’s law.

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