The way in which a computer functions is amazing. The different components themselves seem simple enough. The motherboard is the piece of hardware through which all other hardware functions. The Central processing unit causes the different software of the computer to run and interact with one another. And so on. What is amazing is how all of these components fit together to create a machine capable of doing so much and so quickly.
I found it interesting that Moore's law would eventually cease to exist at least in the current direction of technology of smaller and smaller devices. This law has been incredibly influential or at least accurate in its predictions. It was interesting that it was stated on the Wikipedia that the fact that Moore's law has continued to be true is because that is what the computer industry has strives towards. I wonder if this means more could be achieved at lower prices if Moore's law didn't set the every two years doubling concept.
I found the visual timeline from the Computer History Museum to be vary helpful in conceptualizing this doubling of transistors and what that meant in the actual sense and to see the number of experiments and researchers it took to get to the point we are at now.
For assignment 2 I made comments on Oliver's and Connie's Blog. See blog list
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The interesting thing abut the "visual time line" provided b the museum website is that the museum itself seems to be its own type of "visualization' for the increasing amount of transistors o be placed. I also found myself having trouble understanding the technical aspects included in this reading assignment. Hopefully we will encounter more hands-on explanations. I enjyed your comments!
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