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Miniaturization refers to making electronic devices smaller through reducing their scale and size. It involves fitting more integrated circuits like transistors onto chips. Over time, the number of transistors per chip has doubled annually, following Moore's Law. This has allowed devices to become more powerful while decreasing in physical size, benefiting both manufacturers through lower costs and consumers with greater portability and convenience. However, miniaturization has also increased complexity, research costs, and risks to privacy and health.

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Miniaturization refers to making electronic devices smaller through reducing their scale and size. It involves fitting more integrated circuits like transistors onto chips. Over time, the number of transistors per chip has doubled annually, following Moore's Law. This has allowed devices to become more powerful while decreasing in physical size, benefiting both manufacturers through lower costs and consumers with greater portability and convenience. However, miniaturization has also increased complexity, research costs, and risks to privacy and health.

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V Miniaturization is to make a version of

something in a much smaller size or on a


greatly reduced scale or

V To construct on a very small scale


(especially of electronic equipment, with
extensive use of integrated circuits);
reduce in size
Terms associated with Miniaturization are:

V Integrated Circuits

V Transistors
V !re small single, integrated components
containing a large number of discreet
components. Components such as:

î Transistors
î Semiconductors devices
î !nd a layering connecting semiconductor
devices
V ! component that amplifies a signal or
opens or closes a circuit. There are:

î ×lectronic Transistors and


î Semiconductor Transistors
V They are the key ingredients of all digital
circuits, including computers.

V Microprocessors today contain tens of


millions of microscopic transistors.
V ˜bservation made in 1965 by Gordon
Moore, co-founder of Intel, that:

î The number of transistors per square inch on


integrated circuits had doubled every year
since the integrated circuit was invented.
V Moore predicted that this trend would
continue for the foreseeable future.

V ×very year these integrated circuits had


more transistors making them more
powerful and efficient while reducing in
size.
V This process could be compared to that
of miniaturization where devices in
computing technology become while
becoming more powerful
V Miniaturization·s impact has benefited
many persons. Mainly:

î Manufacturers and

î Consumers
V ½ess cost in raw materials
î ëith this cost benefit comes materials of
higher quality though

Ê Thus resulting in the increase of product


cost in order to acquire profit.
Ê ×xample of such is where laptops are
more expensive than desktops
V Convenience for consumers
î The more compact a product is, the easier it
is for the consumer to carry.

V aster operations
î This factor allows businesses to work
efficiently to ensure the productivity of their
business.
V or Manufacturer

î Increased complexity in circuit design


@ This may to poorer performance in some
miniaturized technologies
î Increase in cost of research and
development
@ This is due to the taking into account the new
technologies and investigating marketing
feasibility, design, prototyping, and
manufacturing processes.
V or Consumer

î Invasion of privacy and identity theft

î The ability to lose electronic devices or have


them stolen
î Growth in use of portable MP3 players
@ This results in the physiological damage due to
extended use of the ear buds and playing the
music loudly directly in your ear
V ×very generation of computing devices
gets smaller while their speed, power,
and computing memory has
proportionally increased.
V ×xample:
î irst Generation- 1940-1956 (Vacuum Tubes)
@ Vacuum Tubes were used for computers for
circuitry and magnetic drums for memory
@ ˜ften enormous and took up entire rooms

î Second Generation- 1956-1963 (Transistors)


@ Transistors replaced vacuum tubes
î Third Generation- 1964-1971 (Integrated
Circuits)
@ Transistors were miniaturized and placed on
silicon chips (integrated chips)
@ This increased speed and efficiency of
computers
î ourth Generation- 1971-Present
(Microprocessors)
@ Microprocessors were created with thousands
of integrated circuits
@ Thus increasing speed and efficiency of
computers once again
V Phones
V Ipods
V Computers

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