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Computer engineering

the historical trend that the number of computations per unit of energy doubled roughly every year and a half.

In computer engineering, Koomey's law refers to the historical trend that the number of computations per unit of energy doubled roughly every year and a half. This meaning comes from Koomey (2011) in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.[1]

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Koomey, J., Berard, S., Sanchez, M., & Wong, H. (2011). Implications of Historical Trends in the Electrical Efficiency of Computing. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 33(3), 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1109/mahc.2010.28

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