Moore's law was ALWAYS about the number of transistors. Speed was a side effect. The original formulation was that the transistor count on an IC doubles every

Moore's law was ALWAYS about the number of transistors. Speed was a side effect. The original formulation was that the transistor count on an IC doubles every year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law#History