Dennard Scaling
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Dennard Scaling - overview
Physics Accomplishment | 1974
IBM researcher: Robert H. Dennard
Where the work was done: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
What we accomplished: Dennard Scaling provides the physics that underpin Moore's Law, and provides equations on how shrinking device sizes shrinks voltages, currents, current density, etc. (Dennard, pictured.)
See also: DRAM - 1 Transistor RAM
Related links: Wikipedia Page for Dennard Scaling
Image credit: Engineering and Technology History Wiki
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