5.2 Call g the annual growth rate of transistors over the 36-year period between 1971 and 2007. Then 2,250X(1+g)36 = 592,000,000 (1+g) 36=263,111 1+g=263,1111/36 = 1.41 So the actual growth rate was g = .41, or 41%, not quite as high as Moore's prediction, but not so shabby either.