Technology is anything but static, and nowhere is this more evident than in the electronics field. In 1965 Gordon Moore, an engineer working for Fairchild Semiconductor, noticed that the number of transistors on a typical integrated circuit (IC) chip doubled about every year, and this trend continues. The features and capacities of computers, digital cameras, mobile phones, and automobiles just a decade ago don't compare with those of today, and connectivity now makes nearly everything more useful and convenient than ever before.
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