.com McAfee Security LastPass password... M Gmail YouTube Maps Data source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Transistor_count) The data visualization is available at OurWorldinData.org. There you find more visualizations and research on this topic. Questions to be answered in your Brightspace Discussion: Part a: The number of transistors per IC in 1972 seems to be about 4,000 (a rough estimate by eye). Using this estimate and Moore's Law, what would you predict the number of transistors per IC to be 20 years later, in 1992? Prediction = 4,096,000 Part b: From the chart, estimate (roughly) the number of transistors per IC in 2012. Using your estimate and Moore's Law, what would you predict the number of transistors per IC to be in 2040? Part c: Do you think that your prediction in Part b is believable? Why or why not? Feedback Part a: 20 years later would be doubling 10 times. Part b: A good way to estimate, roughly by eye, is to pick a y-value that would be "in the middle of' the data So look at the actual points where x is around 2012 and choose a y-value that seems to be in the middle of the spread of points. To use Moore's Law, calculate the number of 2 year periods between 2012 and 2040. Part c: This is your assessment based on comparable numbers. For example, can you find an online reference for the number of trees in the world? It's hard to imagine such large numbers! Try Another