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:
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
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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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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455