Rules of thumb about computers and the people who build them, drawn from observation rather than proof. Moore's law notes that the number of transistors on a chip has doubled about every two years, Amdahl's law limits the speedup of a task as more processors are added, and Conway's law links the communication structure of an organisation to the structure of the systems it designs. They guide planning but can fail.
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Wikipedia: Moore's law
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Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years, with minimal increase in cost.
Amdahl's law, Wikipedia
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In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) is a formula limiting the speedup of a task as resources are added to the system executing that task.
Conway's law, Wikipedia
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Conway's law describes the link between communication structure of organizations and the systems they design.
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