4. Information Technology

4.1 Expected developments

Thanks to the miniaturization of transistors, the number of components on a circuit has doubled every eighteen months since the 1960s, and this trend is likely to continue for another decade. . This progression is known as Moore's Law, named after Gordon Moore who first stated it. Today's processors, which are already structured at a size of less than 45 nm, sometimes contain more than a billion transistors. This miniaturization is accompanied by an increase in the speed of these devices. This progression is set to continue until around...