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Tuesday, February 11, 2003

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Moore's law formulator bets on 10 more years: 'Moore, 74, the creator of "Moore's Law," told a meeting of many of the world's preeminent chip designers that engineers must concentrate on overcoming power leakage and reducing heat levels as more and more circuits are crammed closer together. "No physical quantity can continue to change exponentially forever," he cautioned. "Your job is delaying forever." [...] The number of transistors on a single chip has grown 300 million-fold since Intel introduced its first microprocessor 35 years ago. That represents a performance increase of about 80 percent per year. [Moore] compared transistors to the number of ants crawling around the world. Meanwhile, the cost has dropped from $1 per transistor in 1968 to $1 per 50 million transistors now, he said.' [Ars Technica]

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Microsoft to tweak Office for Macs: "The update will give Macintosh customers access to corporate calendar and contact information stored on a server running the software giant's Exchange software. By Ian Fried, Staff Writer, CNET News.com." [CNET News.com Personal Technology]