Unit 1 Assignment 1: Integrated Circuit 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 2 Duo Allendale | 169,000,000 | 2007 | Intel | 65 nm | Itanium 2 Madison 6M | 410,000,000 | 2003 | Intel | 130 nm | Itanium 2 with 9MB cache | 592,000,000 | 2004 | Intel | 130 nm | Core 2 Duo Wolfdale | 411,000,000 | 2007 | Intel | 45 nm | Core 2 Duo Wolfdale3M | 230,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | Core i7 (Quad) | 731,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 1,160,000,000 | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | Six-Core Core i7 (Gulftown) | 1,170,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 32 nm | Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 1,400,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 22 nm |

Processor | Transistor count | Date of introduction | Manufacturer | Process | Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 1,700,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | 90 nm | Six-Core Xeon 7400 | 1,900,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila | 2,000,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 65 nm | Six-Core Core i7/8-Core Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E/EP) | 2,270,000,000 | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | 8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX | 2,300,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 45 nm | 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX | 2,600,000,000 | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | 8-Core Itanium Poulson | 3,100,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 32 nm | 15-Core Xeon Ivy Bridge-EX | 4,310,000,000 | 2014 | Intel | 22 nm | 62-Core Xeon Phi | 5,000,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 22 nm |

3. The processor model and year when 2 billion transistors were placed on a processor chip was the Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila Processor introduced in 2010.

4. Sources: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1hRaR4o4z9nITGpAQDDoHRWa3fbmxuteHl6RPEhQ#rows:id=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count

5. A: The growth changed that an exponential rate over time. At the beginning, the transistor count would only change by about two-thousand over one or two years. During the end of the table, it would be at the point of increase where over one million transistors were getting added within a single year.

B: The Growth looks to be increasing surprisingly fast considering the rate from which it started.

C: Judging by the amount of transistors now (taking into account the rate in which it started vs its current rate of increase) id give it about 13 (Maybe 14) years?