“The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a
factor of two per year. Certainly over the short term this rate can be expected to continue, if not to increase. 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…” —Gordon Moore, 1965, Electronics Magazine
When Gordon Moore came up with the basic principle outlined above -- put simply, that the number of transistors in a given circuit would double every two years -- he was simply making an observation. He had no idea it would come to be known as “Moore’s Law,” but sure enough, since the earliest days of computers the most certain aspect of the business has been that no matter what computer you buy, it’s hopelessly out of date after just a few years. As if proving the point, computers and electronics from the year 2011 would be laughed out of any serious tech conversation, the equivalent of showing a bone and flint axe to a roman centurion with a steel sword and massive shield. Here are some of the biggest differences between computing power just five short years ago and today https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/the-difference-between-your-computer-now-and-five-years-ago/tech
