Transistors and Moore’s Law Task

Work your way through the Moore’s 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 transistorsI Phone

Ii Computer

Iii Playstation

3. List at least three advantages that transistors have over valvesI Transistors are extremely small Ii They are faster

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 Off7. Briefly explain how transistors can represent binary dataThey act as switches 1 is on 0 is off

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8. Transistors can be combined within the CPU to do different jobs. Give two examples of jobs they might do.I Process dataIi Store data

9. Gordon Moore made an observation that was so accurate it became known as Moore’s Law. What does Moore’s Law say?It says that the number of transistors in a computer chip will be doubling every 2 years

10. What is the problem with Moore’s Law in the future?The problem is that there will come a point that the transistors will become too small and stop working

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