Transistors and Moores Law Task

Work your way through the Moores Law movie and find the answers to the
questions below.
1. In which year was the transistor first invented?
1947

2. Write down the names of three electronic devices that you own which
contain transistors
i A Laptop
ii A phone
iii A TV

3. List at least three advantages that transistors have over valves

i They are small in size
ii They are very fast
iii Use very little power

4. The first CPUs contained around 2,000 transistors. How many might you
find on a CPU today?
2,000,000,000
5. Which is smaller, the tip of a human hair or a transistor?
A transistor

6. Transistors can act as a digital switch inside the CPU. They can be either
. or ..
On or Off
7. Briefly explain how transistors can represent binary data
Computers use binary numbers
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Transistors turn off and on

0 can be On and
1 could be off

8. Transistors can be combined within the CPU to do different jobs. Give

two examples of jobs they might do.
i Process data
ii Store data

9. Gordon Moore made an observation that was so accurate it became

known as Moores Law. What does Moores Law say?
The numbers of the transistors was doubling roughly every year, it would
continue like that

10. What is the problem with Moores Law in the future?

As transistors sink to atomic size they will no longer function properly

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