Moore’s law
noun[S]
ukustheideastatedby Gordon Moore of Intel Corporation that thecostof acomputerchip(= verysmallpieceofelectroniccomputerequipment)for aparticularamountofprocessingpowerwillcontinuetofallbyhalfevery twoyears:
For mostpeople, Moore'slawmanifestsitself as asteadyincreasein a computer'sclockspeedfrom oneyearto the next.