What is Moore's Law?

• A. The idea that the number of components capable of being built onto a chip will double every two years
• B. The idea that there will one day be more robots than people on the planet
• C. The idea that computers will continue to grow ever smaller until they are the size of molecules
• D. The idea that more computing power is needed whenever a major technological advance is made

Answer: (C)

Moore's Law describes how chip technology scales over time by increasing transistor density. The core idea is that the number of transistors on a single integrated circuit doubles roughly every two years, which has historically driven a big increase in computing power (often with costs kept down). This makes it the best match because it ties progress directly to how many components you can fit on a chip and the cadence of that growth.

The idea about computers shrinking to molecular size is about miniaturization in general, not the specific pattern of transistor density doubling per two years. The other statements describe unrelated notions—populations of robots versus people, or a general need for more computing power with every tech advance—not the empirical trend Moore observed.