MOORE'S LAW
\mˈʊ͡əz lˈɔː], \mˈʊəz lˈɔː], \m_ˈʊə_z l_ˈɔː]\
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Stated by Gordon Moore, a co-founder of computer chip maker Intel and its former chairman in 1965. Moore predicted that the transistor total on a given-sized silicon chip will double every 18 months. Proving to be amazingly accurate over the years, it also speaks to the same growth in processing power.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.