YEAR | MODEL | TRANSISTOR COUNT | 1971 | 4004 | 2,250 pMOS | 1972 | 8008 | 3,500 pMOS | 1974 | 8080 | 6,000 NMOS | 1974 | 4040 | 3,000 pMOS | 1977 | 8085 | 6,500 | 1978 | 8086 | 29,000 | 1979 | 8088 | 29,000 NMOS HMOS | 1982 | 80186 | 55,000 | 1982 | 80188 | 29,000 | 1982 | 80286 | 134,000 | 1985 | 80386 | 275,000 | 1988 | 80386SX | - | 1988 | i960 | 250,000 | 1989 | 80486 | 1,180,000 | 1989 | i860 | 1,000,000 | 1993 | Pentium | 3.1 | 1995 | Pentium Pro | 5.5 | 1997 | Pentium II | 7.5 | 1999 | Pentium III | 9.5 | 2000 | Pentium 4 | 42 | 2001 | Itanium | 25 | 2002 | Itanium 2 | 410 | 2003 | Pentium M | 77 | 2005 | Pentium D | 115 | 2006 | Core Duo | 151 | 2006 | Core 2 | 291 | 2006 | Itanium "Montecito" | 1720 | 2008 | Atom | 47 | 2008 | Core i7 | 730 | *2010 | Itanium "Tukwila" | 2000 * | 2010 | Xeon "Nehalem-EX" | 2300 | 2010 | Intel "Westmere" | 1170 | 2011 | Intel "Sandy Bridge" | 995 | 2011 | Xeon E7 | 2600 | 2012 | Itanium "Poulson" | 3100 | 2013 | Intel "Haswell" | 1400 |

UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT1: Integrated Circuit Technology

* Indicates the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip*

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor_chronology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukwila_%28processor%29 1. According to Computer Structure and Logic, Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers pg. 15, “The growth in the number of transistors used in integrated circuits is reasonable, because it does hold true to the Moore's Law. Gordon Moore's Law states that "each new chip contained roughly twice as much capacity as its predecessor and each chip was released within 18-24 months of the previous chip." 2. Moore’s Law states that the growth will be exponentially fast. If you look at the chart above, it shows how far they have come and the predictions for the future are large. 3. The prediction is 12 years from 2011 or the year 2023.