Moore’s Law with a basic example in Python

Moore’s Law is a prediction made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip would double every year. It is often quoted as “the number of transistors on a microprocessor doubles every 18 to 24 months”.

Here is how you can write a function in Python that calculates the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip based on Moore’s Law:

def moores_law(year):
    transistors = 1
    for i in range(year):
        transistors *= 2
    return transistors

print(moores_law(1))  # 2
print(moores_law(2))  # 4
print(moores_law(3))  # 8

Note that this is a simplification of Moore’s Law, and the actual number of transistors on a microprocessor chip may not exactly double every year or 18 to 24 months. This is just a rough approximation.

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