Moore's Lawand the Video Game Revolution

Moore's Law

Boils down to...

The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year ... Over the longer term, the rate of increase is a bit more uncertain, although there is no

reason to believe it will not remain nearly constant for at least 10 years. That means by 1975, the number of components per

integrated circuit for minimum cost will be 65,000."

- Gordon MooreElectronics Magazine, 1965

The number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years.

- Moore's Law

So... What's a Transistor?a transistor is a semiconductor device commonly used to amplify

or switch electronic signals.

What's a Processor?A Central Processing Unit (CPU), or processor, is a description of a

class of logic machines that can execute computer programs.

Pong (1972) < 8 bit

Super Mario Brothers 8 bit

Sonic the Hedgehog 16 bit

Final Fantasy VII32 Bit

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time 64 Bit

Final Fantasy X 128 bit

Gears of War