...Processor Model | Year | Transistor Count | Intel 4004 | 1971 | 2,300 Transistors | Intel 80286 | 1982 | 134,000 Transistors | Pentium III | 1999 | 9,500,000 Transistors | Core 2 Duo | 2006 | 291,000,000 Transistors | 8-Core Itanium Poulson | 2012 | 3,100,000,000 Transistors | In February 2008, Intel has announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors. They called it Tukwila chip. The chip is designed for high-end servers rather than personal computers. Many of the chip´s two billion transistors are used for on-board memory, helping the system process data faster. The growth of the transistors used in the circuits has nearly doubled every two years. This growth is reasonable because it falls in line with Moore’s law (Founder of Intel). Moore stated that the amount of transistors on a chop would be doubled every 18 months to two years which is surprisingly fast. According to Moore’s law which says that the amount of the transistors will be doubled every 18 months to 2 years, I would say that the chip that will contain more than 100 Billion transistors will be in 2022. Which they might invent a chip that contains 192,000,000,000 billion transistors. References: -The processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip information was retrieved from http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9060900/Intel_squeezes_2_billion_transistors_onto_new_Itanium_chip -The table information of the processors model, year...
Words: 279 - Pages: 2
...com/essays/education/transistor.php The transistor SOURCE OF NOISE IN TRANSISTOR FOR DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION AbstractHere in this term paper I am going to discuss the history of the transistors,its importance and its limitations.Basically the term paper is on the sources of noise in transistors for different configurations. HISTORY A replica of the first working transistor. The first patent for the field-effect transistor principle was filed in Canada by Austrian-Hungarian physicist Julius Edgar Lilienfeld on October 22, 1925, but Lilienfeld did not publish any research articles about his devices. In 1934 German physicist Dr. Oskar Heil patented another field-effect transistor. On 17 November 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, at AT&T Bell Labs, observed that when electrical contacts were applied to a crystal of germanium, the output power was larger than the input. William Shockley saw the potential in this and worked over the next few months greatly expanding the knowledge of semiconductors and is considered by many to be the "father" of the transistor. The term was coined by John R. Pierce. IMPORTANCE The transistor is considered by many to be the greatest invention of the twentieth-century, or as one of the greatest. It is the key active component in practically all modern electronics. Its importance in today's society rests on its ability to be mass produced using a highly automated process (fabrication) that achieves astonishingly low per-transistor costs. Although several companies...
Words: 4098 - Pages: 17
...Unit 1: Assignment 1: Intel Processor Transistor Count Kellie L NT1110 Intel Processor Transistor Count After researching through several websites and reading Chapter 1 about the “Intel Processor Transistor Count”, I was able to get a much better understanding of how “Moore’s Law” actually works. The graph table I found and made my on paper drawing of (gatotkacatulanglunak.wordpress.com) presents the processor model, the year that each model was created from 1971-2011, and the transistor count from 2,300-2,600,000,000. During late 2008- early 2009 the 65-nanometer Tukwila Itanium Processor was released. This processor could run at up to 2GHz, with “dual-integrated” memory controllers and use Intel’s “quick path” interconnect instead of a “front-side bus”. This processor had 2 billion transistors on one chip (Rob Shiveley, spokesman for Intel). Based on what I have learned from my reading assignment and the graph table I have found online showing “Moore’s Law” the growth of processor transistor counts from 1971- 2011 doubling every two years, sometime around the years 2019-2020 there will be a processor with 100 billion transistors on one chip. I also predict that not until the year 2026 will we have processors with up to 1 trillion transistors on one chip. Throughout the years graphed, the growth from 1971- now seems pretty reasonable, mainly because the growth is steadily growing. However, with the advanced technology we have today...
Words: 322 - Pages: 2
... N/A Requirement # 2: 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...
Words: 490 - Pages: 2
...Since the 1960’s CPU transistor sizes have been steadily shrinking over time. Since the 1960’s the number of transistors on a Central Processing Unit have steadily increased from 2,300 on Intel’s first microprocessor the 4004, to more than 5 billion on Intel’s 62-Core Xeon Phi, released in 2012. Moore’s Law According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every 18-24 months. Although Moore’s Law isn’t a law of the physical sciences, it is an observation by Gordon Moore made in the 1960’s. Transistor count is the most used method of measure for the complexity of integrated circuits. Intel’s Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila released in 2010 had 2 billion transistors on it’s die. As impressive as this is, Moore’s Law cannot continue indefinitely without modification. The reason for this is the laws of physics, that as the size of transistors shrinks and the number of transistors on a CPU die increases, transistors will eventually reach the limits of atomic sizes. At this size, silicon becomes unsuitable as a material to build integrated circuits out of, due to quantum tunneling and other factors. CPU die sizes will either have to get larger to fit more transistors (abet smaller transistors) and or increase the number of layers for each die. Moore’s Law is a model of exponential growth, and as such exponential growth is the fastest model of growth. Whether 100 billion or even 1 trillion transistors may fit on a single chip in the future, will...
Words: 318 - Pages: 2
...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...
Words: 357 - Pages: 2
...htm 8 http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/sboa092a/sboa092a.pdf Salient Features Introduction to differential amplifiers Introduction and Classification of Electronics amplifier 555 Introduction and Application Applications of operational amplifiers Detailed Plan For Lectures 1 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12 Week Number Lecture Number Lecture Topic Chapters/Sections of Pedagogical tool Textbook/other Demonstration/case reference study/images/anmatio n ctc. planned Part 1 Week 1 Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3 Week 2 Lecture 4 Lecture 5 Lecture 6 Week 3 Lecture 7 Lecture 8 Lecture 9 Week 4 Lecture 10 Introduction to subject , High Frequency T model common base short circuit current frequency response, Alpha cut off frequency Common emitter short circuit current frequency response Hybrid pi CE transistor model Hybrid pi conductance in terms of low frequency h parameters CE short circuit...
Words: 1382 - Pages: 6
...Analog Electronics Section 1.1. Resistor Voltage Divider and MOSFET DC Gate Voltage Section 1.2. Output Circuit and DC Drain Voltage Section 1.3. Frequency Response of the Amplifier Stage Section 1.4. Summary of Equations Section 1.5. Exercises and Projects Unit 2. Transistors and Voltage Amplification Section 2.1. BJT and MOSFET Schematic Symbols, Terminal Voltages, and Branch Currents Section 2.2. Fundamentals of Signal Amplification: The Linear Circuit Section 2.3. Basic NMOS Common-Source Amplifier Section 2.4. Transistor Output Resistance and Limiting Gain Section 2.5. Summary of Equations Section 2.6. Exercises and Projects Section 2.7. References to the Electronics Book Sequence Unit 3. Characterization of MOS Transistors for Circuit Simulation Section 3.1. Physical Description of the MOSFET Section 3.2. Output and Transfer Characteristics of the MOSFET Section 3.3. Body Effect and Threshold Voltage Section 3.4. Derivation of the Linear-Region Current – Voltage Relation Section 3.5. Summary of Equations Section 3.6. Exercises and Projects Unit 4. Signal Conductance Parameters for Circuit Simulation Section 4.1. Amplifier Circuit and Signal Equivalent Circuits Section 4.2. Transistor Variable Incremental Relationships Section 4.3. Transconductance Parameter Section 4.4. Body-Effect Transconductance Parameter Section 4.5. Output Conductance...
Words: 29147 - Pages: 117
...Section F2: Classes of Amplifiers As mentioned in the introduction, an important role of the final stage of an amplification system is to ensure a low output resistance so that the output signal may be delivered to a low resistance load without loss of gain. Many times, the gain stages provide the output stage with signals that are large enough that the small-signal transistor model no longer applies (or must be used with caution). However, it is still of paramount importance that linearity be preserved – that is, signal distortion must be kept to an absolute minimum. Another output stage requirement is that it delivers the required power to the load efficiently. This means that the power dissipated in output stage transistors must be kept to an absolute minimum, both to ensure maximum power delivered to the load and, probably more importantly, to ensure that the transistor temperature remain below specified levels. Although MOS power transistors (to be discussed later this semester) offer significant advantages over BJTs such as the reduction or elimination of certain breakdown mechanisms found in BJTs, the reduction of the large drive currents required for BJT power amplifiers and a generally higher speed of operation, we will not address the MOSFET implementation this semester due to increased the device complexity required for high power applications. Amplification stages are classified according to the characteristics of the collector (output) current waveform with...
Words: 1402 - Pages: 6
...Technology 1. Search the Internet using keywords such as “Intel processor transistor count”. 2. Create a table that presents the processor model, year, and the transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to present. 3. Identify the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip. * In 2008 * The next generation in the Intel Itanium processor family code named Tukwila is described. The 21.5 mm by 32.5 mm die contains 2.05 billion transistors, making it the first two billion transistor microprocessor ever reported. Tukwila combines four ported Itanium cores with a new system interface and high speed serial interconnects to deliver greater than 2X performance relative to the Montecito and Montvale family of processors [1], [2]. 4. Cite the sources where you located the information you placed into the table. * http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/intelprocessorhistory.pdf * http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/asic/ece733/2009/docs/Itanium.pdf * [1] S. Naffziger et al., “The implementation of the Itanium 2 microprocessor,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1448–1460, Nov. 2002. * [2] S. Naffziger et al. , “The implementation of a 2-core, multi-threaded Itanium family microprocessor, ”IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 197–209, Jan. 2006. 5. Comment on the growth of the number of transistors used in integrated circuits over the years. * Is the growth reasonable? ...
Words: 314 - Pages: 2
...Assignment 1: Integrated Circuit Technology Year | Transistor Count | Processor Model | 1971 | 2,300 | Intel 4004 | 1972 | 3,500 | Intel 8008 | 1974 | 4,500 | Intel 8080 | 1976 | 6,500 | Intel 8085 | 1978 | 29,000 | Intel 8086 | 1979 | 29,000 | Intel 8088 | 1982 | 55,000 | Intel 80186 | 1982 | 134,000 | Intel 80286 | 1985 | 275,000 | Intel 80386 | 1989 | 1,180,235 | Intel 80486 | 1993 | 3,100,000 | Pentium | 1995 | 5,500,000 | Pentium Pro | 1997 | 7,500,000 | Pentium II | 1999 | 9,500,000 | Pentium III | 2000 | 42,000,000 | Pentium 4 | 2008 | 47,000,000 | Atom | 2002 | 220,000,000 | Itanium 2 McKinley | 2006 | 291,000,000 | Core 2 Duo | 2003 | 410,000,000 | Itanium 2 Madison 6M | 2004 | 592,000,000 | Itanium 2 with 9MB cache | 2008 | 731,000,000 | Core i7 (Quad) | 2011 | 1,160,000,000 | Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 2010 | 1,170,000,000 | Six-Core Core i7 (Gulftown) | 2012 | 1,400,000,000 | Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 2006 | 1,700,000,000 | Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 2008 | 1,900,000,000 | Six-Core Xeon 7400 | 2010 | 2,000,000,000 | Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila | 2011 | 2,270,000,000 | Six-Core Core i7/8 Core Xeon E5 | 2010 | 2,300,000,000 | 8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX | 2011 | 2,600,000,000 | 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX | 2012 | 3,100,000,000 | 8-Core Itanium Poulson | 2012 | 5,000,000,000 | 62-Core Xeon Phi | In 2010, the processor model that was the first to have two billion transistors on its chip was known as the Quad-Core Itanium...
Words: 374 - Pages: 2
...well as 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,...
Words: 652 - Pages: 3
...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...
Words: 323 - Pages: 2
...“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 Intel...
Words: 571 - Pages: 3
...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 from...
Words: 253 - Pages: 2
