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title: George Gilder
date: "2001-05-15T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 1825
description: I examine George Gilder's assertion that bandwidth is replacing processing power as the primary driver of IT innovation. This shift from Moore's Law to Gilder's Law mirrors the industry's broader transition from software to online services.
keywords: [george gilder, gilder's law, moore's law, bandwidth, online services, it revolution]
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[George Gilder](http://www.gildertech.com) proposes that while Moore's law drove the IT revolution through processing power, today it's bandwidth that's driving it -- through [Gilder's Law](http://www.csee.uq.edu.au/~cs270/Articles/Gilder.13.11.99.htm). This ties back to what an Economist survey says about focus shifting from [software to online services](http://www.economist.com/surveys/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=568249).