Author: Chris Hull
Date: 10:55:00 10/28/02
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On October 27, 2002 at 21:03:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 27, 2002 at 10:42:05, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>How Small Can a Microprocessor Get? >> >>Maybe the question should be: "How many microprocessors per square inch on a >>wafer will be doable in the future? >> >>Part of the my problem is that I do not know how many electronic components >>[resistive, transistor, etc.] are required to make a microprocessor. How many? >> >> >>Bob D. > > >Typical for today is 50M transistors. So the question becomes, "how small >can a transistor be made?" No definitive answer to that one _yet_. Each time >someone gives a bound, it is broken a couple of years later... 50M transistors is certainly true for todays processors but Intel is already hinting that they are thinking about procesors with 500M transistors. On a side note, most of the transistors are used for on-chip memory (L1 cache) approx. 75% and not for the logic elements of the microprocessor. Chris
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