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Moore's Law original issue found

A copy of the original Electronics magazine in which Moore's Law was first published has turned up under the floorboards of a Surrey engineer.
David Clark had kept copies of the magazine for years, despite pleas from his wife to throw them away.
Now the couple are celebrating after collecting the $10,000 (£5,281) reward which was offered by chip maker Intel. Moore's Law, the principle that has driven the computer chip industry, celebrated 40 years this week. "I am totally astonished. It is the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me," Mr Clark told the BBC News website. "I am really pleased about it because I studied physics and have always had interest in electronics. I could see the next 30 years were going to go like Moore's Law said, so I decided to go into electronics." The "law" was adopted after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore wrote in the 1965 Electronics magazine article that the number of transistors on a chip would double every 24 months.
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"We're delighted to at last have an original copy of the April 1965 edition of Electronics Magazine," said an Intel spokesperson. "Dr Moore's article established a theory that has underpinned advancements in the semiconductor industry over the past 40 years and is the basis of our continued research and development at Intel. "We are delighted to have a copy of the article back in the home of Intel in Santa Clara and are extremely grateful to Mr Clark for making this possible." The publication is now defunct, but neither Dr Moore, who is now retired, nor Intel had a mint condition original of the magazine.
Intel posted the reward on online auction site eBay in the run-up to the 40-year anniversary of the article on 19 April, in the hope that someone would have a copy for posterity.
Since the offer was posted, the search has been on all around the world to find an original.