Today, on CNET News, Martin LaMonica reports that some experts insist Green IT has a Moore's Law equivalent:
"As businesses try to innovate around energy and the environment, the IT industry has become a model for innovation, said Joel Makower, the executive editor of Greener World Media and panel moderator. Moore's Law, which predicts that the number of transistors a chip can hold will double every 18 months, has set the rapid pace of technology turnover in the IT industry, which is measured in months rather than years or decades as in energy.
Although it's not a perfect fit, a version of Moore's Law has been taking hold in clean-energy technologies, said Steve Fludder, vice president of Ecomagination at GE. It's also a guiding principle for employees within a company."
When asked the question “Does Green IT have a Moore’s Law equivalent?”, our Sustainability Officer, Mark Davidson had this to say:
“My gut says no. But it really depends on how you’re applying Moore’s Law to the Green IT field. Moore’s law claims that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every 16 months. However, there isn't a similar "metric" for Green IT unless you mean things like green semiconductors or something like that. Green encompasses so much more. The grid, for example, can be green but is nothing like microchips.”
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