Moore's Law Extended to Razors

SANTA CLARA, CA - Moore's law now applies to razors as well as transistors, Intel announced today. Gordon Moore originally asserted the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years. Now, the law also states the number of razor blades in a cartridge will double every two years.

Gillette introduced the first double bladed razor, the Trac II, in 1971. The triple bladed Mach 3 came along 27 years later, in 1998. Schick trumped Gillette in 2003 with its Quattro. The Fusion by Gillette (2006) then gave consumers a choice to move to a 5 bladed cartridge.

"We believe the razor wars will hurry development of ever-increasing numbers of blades. While it took three years to go from four to five, we fully expect to see a ten razor cartridge before the two year anniversary of the Fusion," stated Jim Miles, an Intel spokesman. It is widely believed nano technology will usher in blades invisible to the naked eye, allowing for a great increase in the number of blades.