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| Gordon Moore's original sketch |
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted that the number of components in integrated circuits would double every year (actually about 1.5 - 2 years). He projected from the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958 by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. This followed the invention of the transistor by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley in 1947, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956.
1G: Analog
2G: 1st generation digital
3G: Multi-media support, spread spectrum transmission and at least 200 kbit/s
4G: All-Internet Protocol packet-switched networks, mobile ultra-broadband (gigabit speed) access and multi-carrier transmission1
As transistors get smaller, they generally get faster and more apps are developed for the technology. The engineering becomes physics at the quantum level. More than Moore's law requires an adherence to experimental discipline and educational competitiveness to prepare the next generation for working in fields that will merge electronics, nanotechnology and biotechnology; carbon nanotube FETs. It will literally change the world.
This is the closest thing to magic I've ever known.
It is not incomprehensible. It requires effort to master, and a national as well as personal willingness to do so. Rather than become mere consumers, young people need to focus on becoming producers of the next great thing. It only takes shutting off a televison, leaving the iPOD for consumption after homework, delaying video gaming until time allotted on the weekends.
Koreans apparently have their students in class eight hours per day, the last hour practicing language skills (I am assuming English). Six more hours are spent with tutors for a total of fourteen academic hours! They get a break on Saturdays: 7 hours and access to the Internet for fun on Sundays. By the way: The Internet is only used in Korea for research in school, no cell phones, no I-PODs, no electronic devices allowed during the school day. Sunday is their play day.
South Korea graduates 93% of their high school graduates versus our 75% on average. As a country, the US is falling behind in the percentages graduating with a college degree (2, or 4 year). "That Used to Be Us2".
This is the closest thing to magic I've ever known.
1. Wikipedia: 4G
2. Amazon: That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back [Hardcover]
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