[SIGCIS-Members] Koomey's Law findings first published in the Annals

[Jeffrey Yost]

Writings on Koomey's Law have taken off over the past 30 days following the
publication of Jonathan Koomey, Stephen Berard, Marla Sanchez and Henry
Wong's research article "Implications of Historical Trends in the Electrical
Efficiency of Computing" in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
(July-Sept 2011 vol. 33 no. 3.--issue was out in late August).

In an age of pervasive mobile devices--many of these publications are citing
it alongside, in comparison to, or even possibly superseding in importance
Moore's Law (including The Economist article Tom sent and an article in
Technology Review).  (Only time will tell and it is an extremely steep hill
to reach the level of Moore's insightful prediction/self-fulfilling
prophecy--but a fascinating and important article in the Annals that I urge
you read).

Here are a few other examples of recent articles that cite the Annals
breaking this critical research:

(MIT's) Technology Review article from mid-Sept.
http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=38548

Infoworld
http://www.infoworld.com/t/green-it/koomeys-law-computing-efficiency-keeps-pace-moores-law-172681

Best,

Jeff

Jeffrey R. Yost, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Charles Babbage Institute
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Faculty, History of Science, Technology and Medicine
University of Minnesota







> A deeper law than Moore's?
>
> Oct 10th 2011, 13:28 by The Economist online
>
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/10/computing-power
>
> There "IEEE Annals" is described as an "industry research journal," which
> probably will attract 100x readers.
>
> Congrats!  --Tom Misa
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Jeffrey R. Yost, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Charles Babbage Institute
Faculty, Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

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