Ryan Moore’s Law: Keep it simple

You can’t hear, see or touch it but the theory known as ‘Moore’s Law’ has arguably been the single greatest determinant of Irish economic growth in the last five decades. 

And although it’s awash with Greek letters and geeky looking curves, at heart the formulation has a ridiculously simple premise and has proven uncannily accurate since it was first propagated fifty years ago.

Here’s what it says: electronic technology halves in size but doubles in performance about every eighteen months. It sounds fairly innocuous, but understanding this has made one of Cork’s biggest employers, Apple, the richest company in the world and has convinced Intel that investing over twelve billion dollars in County Kildare is a good idea.