10 Facts

10 Facts about Area 51: 1. On August 15, 2013, the CIA finally acknowledged the existence of Area 51. After repeated freedom of information request made by George Washington University, the CIA lifted the veil of secrecy on Area 51.  2. Area 51 was also referred to as Groom Lake (the name of the dry lake Area 51 was built around), Paradise Ranch (a half-serious way to entice employees to accept positions at the remote, rustic base), Watertown (the official name of the test sit e, given in 1956), and Dreamland (after an Edgar Allan Poe poem). 3. When Area 51 was chosen as the testing site for the OXCART, a new, 8,500-foot runway had to be built. So as not to draw attention, contractors worked under cover of night. 4. Flying at 2,200 mph, it took OXCART pilot 186 miles just to make a U-turn. To accommodate the plane, an additional 38,400 acres of land around the base had to be withdrawn from public access and the restricted airspace expanded to create a 440-square mil

It all started when Gordon Moore, the co-founder of  Intel ,   made an observation. The observation being, the density of  transistors  in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Although more of a statement,  Moore's  Law has held up its stance for almost half a century. But not for long -- or so it seems. With technology advancing at an exponential rate we seem to be approaching an invisible wall. In other words, we seem to be approaching the limits of our technology. The number of transistors in a circuit is directly proportional to the size of the transistor. Meaning the smaller the transistor, the higher the number of transistors that can be put into a circuit dice. Why is it slowing down? To put this exponential growth into perspective, in 2000 the density of transistors in an integrated circuit used for an average computer was  37.5 million.  In 2009 the number of transistors grew to  904 million.  Meaning in 9 years, the number o