Intel Posts $10K Reward For Moore's Law

(Via Information Week, Apr 12, 2005)

Intel is looking for a copy of the 1965 magazine where co-founder Gordon Moore first laid out his famous "Moore's Law." And it's willing to pay ten big ones.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker on Monday posted a $10,000 reward on eBay for a "mint condition" copy of the April 19, 1965, issue of Electronics Magazine. That issue of the long-defunct publication contained an article by Moore where he first described how the number of transistors on a processor were doubling every year.

This has apparently spawned a number of "me too" auctions on eBay. Many libraries have pulled their copies off the shelf until this passes. At least one academic library has reported their volume going missing.

Addendum: The reporter who wrote the Intel eBay journal bounty story has written a new article about the problems libraries are having.

Posted by Tom on April 19, 2005