experience consolidation by charles schawrz
TRANSCRIPT
The number of transistors on the largest microprocessors has doubled
about every two years from 1971 to 2010
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 20101960
10,000,000,000
1,000,000,000
100,000,000
10,000,000
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
10
1
The number of transistorson the largest microprocessors
has doubled about every two yearsfrom 1971 to 2010
Num
ber o
f tra
nsis
tors
Microprocessor Transistor Counts
1998-2011 & Moore’s Law
201119911981 2001
Core
2 D
uo
Itanium
2
Pentiu
m 4
Pentiu
m II
AM
D K
7
AM
D K
5
Pentiu
m II
AM
D K
6
Pentiu
m
80486
80386
80286
80186
68000
8088
8085
Z80
RCA 1
802
6800
MOS6503
8080
8008
4004
Ato
m
AM
D K
10
AM
D K
8
1971
4,000,000.00
6,000,000.00
8,000,000.00
10,000,000.00
12,000,000.00
Core
i7Power6
Six-c
ore
Opte
ron
2400
Quad-c
ore
Ita
nium
Tokw
ila
Six-c
ore
Xeon
74008
-core
POW
ER7
16-C
ore
SPARCT3
Six-C
ore
i710-C
ore
Xeon
Westm
ere
-EX
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