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 1971 to the present.

Identify the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip. Year 2010 on 2 billion transistors were placed on the intel 9300 tukwila processor.

Cite the sources where you located the info you placed into the table. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/events/moores_law_40th/ http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/08/intels-monster-of-a-chip-an-itanium-microprocessor-with-2-billion-transistors/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count http://www.shaba.co/wa?s=Transistor_count

Comment on the growth of the number of transistors used in integrated circuits over the years. -Is the growth reasonable? I believe the growth is very reasonable.

-Does the growth look surprisingly fast or slow? I’d say it looks about average considering Moores law

-Can you predict when 100 billion, or even 1 trillion, transistors may fit on a single chip? If I had to make a guess I would say by about 2022