...Intel Processor Transistor Count Processor Model Year Transistor Count 4004 1971 2300 8080 1974 6000 8086 1978 29000 80286 1982 134000 386 DX Processor 1985 275000 386 SL Processor 1990 855000 Pentium Pro Processor 1995 5.5 million Pentium 3 Xeon Processor 2000 28 million Celeron M Processor 383-333 2004 140 Million Core i7 940 2008 731 Million Quad core itanium Tukwila 2010 2 billion Core I7-3930K 2011 2.27 billion The first processor that contained two billion transistors is the Intel Quad core Itanium Tukwila processing chip. The chip was first announced in 2008 but was delayed. In February 2010 the processor was released to the public. Looking at the growth of transistors and using Dr Gordan Moore’s law, which states that “every 18 to 24 months the growth the processing power will double” has over all remained true with some exceptions. From my sources the transistor count roughly stayed the same from 1974 to 1976 as well as from 1985 to 1988. Looking at the rate of transistor growth, for me, besides some periods of slow development namely from 1993 to 1998, as a whole it seems surprisingly fast as the years have passed. To use some examples in 1997 Intel released the 8088 chip which contained 29000 transistors, 1 year later they released the 80286 chip that has 134000 transistors, that’s quadruple the amount of transistors in 1 year. Another example is from April 2007 to march 2008 the count went from 167million...
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...History and Transistor Count In: Computers and Technology History and Transistor Count 1. Search the Internet using keywords such as “Intel Processor Transistor Count.” 2. Create a table that presents the processor model, year and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present. 1982 Intel 286 Processor 134K Transistors 1982 Intel 286 Processor 134K Transistors 1978 Intel 8086 Processor 29K Transistors 1978 Intel 8086 Processor 29K Transistors 1974 Intel 8080 Processor 4500 Transistors 1974 Intel 8080 Processor 4500 Transistors 1972 Intel 8008 Processor 3500 Transistors 1972 Intel 8008 Processor 3500 Transistors 1971 Intel 4004 Processor 2300 Transistors 1971 Intel 4004 Processor 2300 Transistors 2003 Intel Pentium M Processor 55 Million Transistors 2003 Intel Pentium M Processor 55 Million Transistors 2001 Intel Xeon Processor 42 Million Transistors 2001 Intel Xeon Processor 42 Million Transistors 2000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 42 Million Transistors 2000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 42 Million Transistors 1999 Intel Pentium III Processor 9.5 Million Transistors 1999 Intel Pentium III Processor 9.5 Million Transistors 1998 Intel Celeron Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1998 Intel Celeron Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1995 Intel Pentium Pro Processor 5.5 Million Transistors 1995 Intel Pentium Pro Processor 5.5 Million Transistors 1997 Intel Pentium II Processor 7.5 Million...
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...as “Intel Processor Transistor Count.” 2. Create a table that presents the processor model, year and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present. 1982 Intel 286 Processor 134K Transistors 1982 Intel 286 Processor 134K Transistors 1978 Intel 8086 Processor 29K Transistors 1978 Intel 8086 Processor 29K Transistors 1974 Intel 8080 Processor 4500 Transistors 1974 Intel 8080 Processor 4500 Transistors 1972 Intel 8008 Processor 3500 Transistors 1972 Intel 8008 Processor 3500 Transistors 1971 Intel 4004 Processor 2300 Transistors 1971 Intel 4004 Processor 2300 Transistors 2003 Intel Pentium M Processor 55 Million Transistors 2003 Intel Pentium M Processor 55 Million Transistors 2001 Intel Xeon Processor 42 Million Transistors 2001 Intel Xeon Processor 42 Million Transistors 2000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 42 Million Transistors 2000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 42 Million Transistors 1999 Intel Pentium III Processor 9.5 Million Transistors 1999 Intel Pentium III Processor 9.5 Million Transistors 1998 Intel Celeron Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1998 Intel Celeron Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1995 Intel Pentium Pro Processor 5.5 Million Transistors 1995 Intel Pentium Pro Processor 5.5 Million Transistors 1997 Intel Pentium II Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1997 Intel Pentium II Processor 7.5 Million Transistors 1993 Intel Pentium Processor 3.1 Million Transistors 1993 ...
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...Intel Processors | Transistor count | Year | Intel 4004 | 2,300 | 1971 | Intel 8008 | 2,500 | 1972 | Intel 8080 | 4,500 | 1974 | Intel 8085 | 6,500 | 1976 | Intel 8086 | 29,000 | 1978 | Intel 8088 | 29,000 | 1979 | Intel 80186 | 55,000 | 1982 | Intel 80286 | 134,000 | 1982 | Intel 80386 | 275,000 | 1985 | Intel i960 | 250,000 | 1988 | Intel 80486 | 1,180,235 | 1989 | Intel Pentium processor | 3,100,000 | 1993 | Intel Pentium II processor | 7,500,000 | 1997 | Intel Pentium III processor | 9,500,000 | 1999 | Intel Pentium 4 processor | 42,000,000 | 2000 | Intel Itanium processor | 25,000,000 | 2001 | Intel Itanium 2 processor | 220,000,000 | 2003 | Intel Itanium 2 processor(9mb cache) | 592,000,000 | 2004 | Intel Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 1,700,000,000 | 2006 | Intel Six-Core Xeon 7400 | 1,900,000,000 | 2008 | Intel 8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX | 2,300,000,000 | 2010 | Intel 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX | 2,600,000,000 | 2011 | Intel 62-Core Xeon Phi | 5,000,000,000 | 2012 | Search the Internet using keywords such as “Intel processor transistor count”. Create a table that presents the processor model, year, and transistor count for intel processors from...
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...Create a table that presents the processor model, year, and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present. Intel Processor Transistor Size Trends (Table) Year | Model | Transistor count | 1971 | Intel 4004 | 2,300 | 1972 | Intel 8008 | 3,500 | 1974 | Intel 8080 | 4,500 | 1978 | Intel 8086 | 29,000 | 1982 | Intel 286 Processor | 134,000 | 1985 | Intel 386 Processor | 275,000 | 1989 | Intel 486 Processor | 1.2 million | 1993 | Intel Pentium Processor | 3.1 million | 1995 | Intel Pentium Pro Processor | 5.5 million | 1997 | Intel Pentium II Processor | 7.5 million | 1998 | Intel Celeron Processor | 7.5 million | 1999 | Intel Pentium III Processor | 9.5 million | 2000 | Intel Pentium 4 Processor | 42 million | 2001 | Intel Xeon Processor | 42 million | 2003 | Intel Pentium M Processor | 55 million | 2006 | Intel Core 2 Due Processor | 291 million | 2008 | Intel Core 2 Due Processor | 410 million | 2008 | Intel Atom Processor | 47 million | 2010 | 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor | 1.16 billion | 2012 | 3rd Generation Intel Core Processor | 1.4 billion | Requirement # 3: Identify the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single . Processor chip. Intel 1st place 2 billion transistors in a single processor chip in February of 2010. The Intel Itanium 9300 series also known...
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... Transistor Count 4004 1971 2,300 8008 1972 3,500 8080 1974 4,500 8086 1978 29,000 Intel 286 1982 134,000 Intel 386 Processor 1985 275,000 Intel 486 Processor 1989 1,200,000 Intel Pentium Processor 1993 3,100,000 Intel® Pentium® Pro processor 1995 5,500,000 Intel Pentium II Processor 1997 7,500,000 Intel® Celeron® processor 1998 7,500,000 Intel Pentium III Processor 1999 9,500,000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2000 42,000,000 Intel® Xeon® processor 2001 42,000,000 Intel® Pentium® M processor 2003 55,000,000 Intel® Core™2 Duo processor 2006 291,000,000 Intel® Core™2 Duo processor 2008 410,000,000 Intel® Atom™ processor ...
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...student-prepared documentation and graded deliverables. Some or all these documents will be used repeatedly across different units. Unit 1 Assignment 1: Integrated Circuit Technology Learning Objectives and Outcomes This assignment addresses the course objective “Describe the components of a personal computer.” The expected learning outcomes that will result from completing the assignment are: You will be able to perform specific Internet searches for information. You will be able to illustrate the growth of the number of transistors available in integrated circuits used in computers. You will be able to determine the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip. Assignment Requirements 1. Search the Internet using keywords such as “Intel processor transistor count.” 2. Create a table that presents the processor model, year, and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present. © ITT Educational Services,...
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...Technology Processor Model | Year | Transistor Count | Intel 4004 | 1971 | 2,300 | Intel 8008 | 1972 | 3,500 | Intel 8080 | 1974 | 4,500 | Intel 8085 | 1976 | 6,500 | Intel 8086 | 1978 | 29,000 | Intel 8088 | 1979 | 29,000 | Intel 80186 | 1982 | 55,000 | Intel 80286 | 1982 | 134,000 | Intel 80386 | 1985 | 275,000 | Intel 80486 | 1989 | 1,180,000 | Pentium | 1993 | 3,100,000 | Pentium II | 1997 | 7,500,000 | Pentium III | 1999 | 9,500,000 | Pentium 4 | 2000 | 42,000,000 | Itanium 2 | 2003 | 220,000,000 | Itanium 2 with 9MB cache | 2004 | 592,000,000 | Core 2 Duo | 2006 | 291,000,000 | Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 2006 | 1,700,000,000 | Atom | 2008 | 47,000,000 | Core i7 (Quad) | 2008 | 731,000,000 | Six-Core Xeon 7400 | 2008 | 1,900,000,000 | Six- Core i7 (Gulftown) | 2010 | 1,170,000,000 | 8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX | 2010 | 2,300,000,000 | Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila | 2010 | 2,000,000,000 | Six- Core Core i7 (Sandy-Bridge-E) | 2011 | 2,270,000,000 | 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX | 2011 | 2,600,000,000 | 8-Core Itanium Poulson 2012 3,100,000,000 62-Core Xeon Phi 2012 5,000,000,000 Haswell 2013 1,400,000,000 Moore’s Law- Overall processing power will double every two years. Following Moore’s Law we should see a transistor count of over a hundred billion by the year 2022 and a trillion by 2028. The growth in transistor are surprisingly...
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...2) Processor | Transistor count | Date of introduction | Manufacturer | Intel 4004 | 2,300 | 1971 | Intel | Intel 8008 | 3,500 | 1972 | Intel | Intel 8080 | 4,500 | 1974 | Intel | Intel 8085 | 6,500 | 1976 | Intel | Intel 8086 | 29,000 | 1978 | Intel | Intel 8088 | 29,000 | 1979 | Intel | Intel 80286 | 134,000 | 1982 | Intel | Intel 80186 | 55,000 | 1982 | Intel | Intel 80386 | 275,000 | 1985 | Intel | Intel i960 | 250,000 | 1988 | Intel | Intel 80486 | 1,180,235 | 1989 | Intel | Pentium | 3,100,000 | 1993 | Intel | Pentium Pro | 5,500,000 | 1995 | Intel | Pentium II Klamath | 7,500,000 | 1997 | Intel | Pentium II Deschutes | 7,500,000 | 1998 | Intel | Pentium III Katmai | 9,500,000 | 1999 | Intel | Pentium II Mobile Dixon | 27,400,000 | 1999 | Intel | Pentium III Coppermine | 21,000,000 | 2000 | Intel | Pentium 4 Willamette | 42,000,000 | 2000 | Intel | Pentium III Tualatin | 45,000,000 | 2001 | Intel | Pentium 4 Northwood | 55,000,000 | 2002 | Intel | Itanium 2 McKinley | 220,000,000 | 2002 | Intel | Itanium 2 Madison 6M | 410,000,000 | 2003 | Intel | Pentium 4 Prescott | 112,000,000 | 2004 | Intel | Itanium 2 with 9 MB cache | 592,000,000 | 2004 | Intel | Pentium 4 Prescott-2M | 169,000,000 | 2005 | Intel | Pentium 4 Cedar Mill | 184,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | Dual-core Itanium 2 | 1,700,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | Core 2 Duo Conroe | 291,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | Core 2 Duo Wolfdale | 411,000,000 | 2007 | Intel | Core...
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...June 20, 2013 Unit 1 Assignment 1: Integrated Circuit Technology The table: The processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip is: Intel is expected to give attendees at the super-techie conference a rundown on Tukwila specs, and on its upcoming low-power Silverthorne processor. The new 65-nanometer Tukwila Itanium processor, which is expected to be released at the end of this year, will run at up to 2 GHz, have dual-integrated memory controllers and use Intel's QuickPath interconnect instead of a front-side bus. The processor also will have 2 billion transistors on one chip, according to Rob Shiveley, a spokesman for Intel. Itanium, which first hit the market in 2001, targets enterprise servers and high-performance computing machines. "The more transistors on a chip, the more work you get out of that chip," said Dean Freeman, an analyst at Gartner Inc. "With one of these new chips, you should get better performance than you would with two chips out of the previous generation." For some perspective, an earlier Itanium processor, Montecito, was built on 90nm technology and held 1.7 billion transistors. And Penryn, Intel's new 45nm chip for the desktop, which it released last November, has 820 million newly designed transistors. Shiveley noted that Tukwila is expected to have double the performance of Montvale, another Itanium processor that was released late last year, while using only 25% more power. He added that the...
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...Model | | Year | | | Transistor Count | | | | 4004 | | 1971 | | | 2,300 | | | | 8086 | | 1978 | | | 29,000 | | | | Intel 486 Processor | | 1989 | | | 1,200,000 | | | | Intel Itanium 2 Processor | | 2004 | | | 592,000,000 | | | | Intel 9300 Tukwila Processor | | 2010 | | | 2,000,000,000 | | | | * The transistor count reached a 2,000,000,000 count in the year of 2010 * The name of this processor was Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila * I believe the growth is reasonable. From the advances we’ve made from the 70’s to now such as the cell phone, laptops, hand held devices. It’s no surprise that it increased so much each year. We are able to grow rapidly, and we are in a generation of technology. It wouldn’t be crazy to think that this was possible from seeing other devices progress as well, even now you can hold a computer in the palm of your hand. * The growth from 1971-2014 is outstanding. The first couple years they were released the processors had very few transistors and didn’t increase that much yearly. However, after 1974 with each year the amount of chips almost doubled itself each year. Afterwards with the years to come, the growth rapidly increased. By the year 2010 the transistor count reached 2 billion with the release of the Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila processor. * With this information it’s hard to predict when it could reach 100 billion transistors on a single chip, however seeing the growth from...
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...Assignment 1 Year Processor Model Transistor Count 1971 4004 2300 1972 8008 2500 1974 8080 4500 1978 8086 29000 1982 Intel286 134000 1985 Intel386 Processor 275000 1989 Intel486 Processor 1200000 1993 Intel Pentium Processor 3100000 1997 Intel Pentium II Processor 7500000 1999 Intel Pentium III Processor 9500000 2000 Intel Pentium 4 Processor 42000000 2001 Intel Itanium Processor 25000000 2003 Intel Itanium 2 Processor 220000000 2004 Intel Itanium 2 Processor (9MB cache) 592000000 The first processor with more than 2 billion transistors on it was the Intel Itanium 9300 series, codenamed Tukwila, in 2010 (Takahasi, 2010). The growth of transistors in integrated circuits over the years is right on track with what was predicted in Moore’s Law. Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double every two years. Sometimes the number of transistors has doubled in less than two years. I think the growth is reasonable based on what Gordon Moore predicted. If Moore’s Law continues to be the truth then I estimate that around 2022 is when 100 billion transistors will fit on a single chip and around 2028 is when one trillion transistors will fit on a single chip. References: Moore’s Law 40th Anniversary. Intel. Retrieved from http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/events/moores_law_40th/ Takahasi, D. (2010, February 8). Intel’s monster of a chip: an Itanium microprocessor with 2 billion transistors. Venture Beat. Retrieved...
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...Technology Processor | Transistor count | Date of introduction | Manufacturer | Process | Intel 4004 | 2,300 | 1971 | Intel | 10 µm | Intel 8008 | 3,500 | 1972 | Intel | 10 µm | Intel 8080 | 4,500 | 1974 | Intel | 6 μm | Intel 8085 | 6,500 | 1976 | Intel | 3 μm | Intel 8086 | 29,000 | 1978 | Intel | 3 μm | Intel 8088 | 29,000 | 1979 | Intel | 3 μm | Intel 80186 | 55,000 | 1982 | Intel | 3 μm | Intel 80286 | 134,000 | 1982 | Intel | 1.5 µm | Intel 80386 | 275,000 | 1985 | Intel | 1.5 µm | Intel i960 | 250,000 | 1988 | Intel | 0.6 µm | Intel 80486 | 1,180,235 | 1989 | Intel | 1 µm | Pentium | 3,100,000 | 1993 | Intel | 0.8 µm | Pentium Pro | 5,500,000 | 1995 | Intel | 0.5 µm | Pentium II Klamath | 7,500,000 | 1997 | Intel | 0.35 µm | Pentium II Deschutes | 7,500,000 | 1998 | Intel | 0.25 µm | Pentium III Katmai | 9,500,000 | 1999 | Intel | 0.25 µm | Pentium III Coppermine | 21,000,000 | 2000 | Intel | 180 nm | Pentium III Tualatin | 45,000,000 | 2001 | Intel | 130 nm | Pentium 4 Willamette | 42,000,000 | 2000 | Intel | 180 nm | Pentium 4 Northwood | 55,000,000 | 2002 | Intel | 130 nm | Pentium 4 Prescott | 112,000,000 | 2004 | Intel | 90 nm | Pentium 4 Prescott-2M | 169,000,000 | 2005 | Intel | 90 nm | Pentium 4 Cedar Mill | 184,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | 65 nm | Atom | 47,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | Itanium 2 McKinley | 220,000,000 | 2002 | Intel | 180 nm | Core 2 Duo Conroe | 291,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | 65 nm | Core...
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... Intel Processor Transistor Count Processor Model Year Transistor Count Intel 4004 1971 2,300 Intel 8008 1972 3,500 Intel 8080 1974 4,500 Intel 8085 1976 6,500 Intel 8086 1978 29,000 Intel 8088 1979 29,000 Intel 80186 1982 55,000 Intel 80286 1982 134,000 Intel 80386 1985 275,000 Intel 80486 1989 1,180,235 Pentium 1993 3,100,000 Pentium Pro 1995 5,500,000 Pentium II 1997 7,500,000 Pentium 4 2000 42,000,000 Itanium 2 McKinley 2002 220,000,000 Itanium 2 Madison 6M 2003 410,000,000 Atom 2008 47,000,000 Itanium 2 with 9MB cache 2004 592,000,000 Dual-Core Itanium 2 2006 1,170,000,000 Core 2 Duo 2006 291,000,000 Core i7 (Quad) 2008 731,000,000 Six-Core Xeon 7400 2008 1,900,000,000 Quad-Core+GPU Core i7 2011 1,160,000,000 Six-Core Core i7 (Gulftown) 2010 1,170,000,000 Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila 2010 2,000,000,000 8-Core Xeon Nahalem-EX 2010 2,300,000,000 Six-Core Core i7/8-Core Xeon E5 2011 2,270,000,000 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX 2011 2,600,000,000 Quad-Core+GPU Core i7 2012 1,400,000,000 8-Core Itanium Poulson 2012 3,100,000,000 62-Core Xeon Phi 2012 5,000,000,000 Source: Wikipedia August 29, 2013 A History of Microprocessor Transistor Count. Retrieved from www.wagnercg.com Once the transistor was introduced to the processing unit for computers our interactions with information...
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...John Hart March 19, 2014 Intel processor transistor count table Processor Model | Year | Transistor Count | Intel 4004 | 1971 | 2,300 | Intel 8008 | 1972 | 2,500 | Intel 8080 | 1974 | 4,500 | Intel 8085 | 1976 | 8,500 | Intel 8086 | 1978 | 29,000 | Intel 8088 | 1979 | 29,000 | Intel 80186 | 1982 | 55,000 | Intel 286 | 1982 | 134,000 | Intel 386 | 1985 | 275,000 | Intel 486 | 1989 | 1,200,000 | Intel Pentium | 1993 | 3,100,000 | Intel Pentium II | 1997 | 7,500,000 | Intel Pentium III | 1999 | 9,500,000 | Intel Pentium 4 | 2000 | 42,000,000 | Intel Itanium | 2001 | 25,000,000 | Intel Itanium 2 | 2003 | 220,000,000 | Intel Itanium 2 (9MB cache) | 2004 | 592,000,000 | Core 2 duo | 2006 | 291,000,000 | Core i7 (quad) | 2008 | 731,000,000 | Quad-core Itanium | 2010 | 2,000,000,000 | Six-Core core i7/8 | 2011 | 2,270,000,000 | 8-Core Itanium | 2012 | 3,100,000,000 | 62-Core Xeon Phi | 2012 | 5,000,000,000 | The processor chip to hold 2 billion transistors model is Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila and it was launched in 2010. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/events/moores_law_40th/?iid=tech_mooreslaw+body_presskit http://www.wagnercg.com/Portals/0/FunStuff/AHistoryofMicroprocessorTransistorCount.pdf Is the growth reasonable? I say that it is reasonable why, because computing power rose and if the trend continues like it has done and it is still as accurate it will rise even more. Does the growth look surprisingly fast or surprisingly...
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