Investigate the speed of microprocessors and howrapidly it has increased over the years. You may wish to use the microprocessors in Table 1.2 or others as data points. A point on the curve is the 1.7...

Investigate the speed of microprocessors and howrapidly it has increased over the years. You may wish to use the microprocessors in Table 1.2 or others as data points. A point on the curve is the 1.7 gigahertz Pentium 4 microprocessor [New York Times, April 23, 2001, p. C1]. Plot the data in a format similar to Fig. 1.1. Does a law hold for speed?