Complexity
CE-653 - Introduction and Fundamentals
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If the semiconductor industry [had] a million-transistor technology like VLSI, I’m not so sure it would know what to do with it.
- January 1979, Gordon Moore’s Keynote Address, First VLSI Conference
The first VLSI conference was held here in Los Angeles.  The keynote address was given by two men, who you might have heard of:  Gordon Moore--who led Intel and Carver Mead a Caltech professor who authored the first textbook on VLSI.  Moore had what seems like a bit of a Bill Gates moment, but there was something more salient than just whether the market would need VLSI--it was a concern about whether VLSI was even feasible.