Question

1. Search the Internet using keywords such as “Intel processor transistor count.”
2. Create a table that presents the processor model, year, and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present.
3. Identify the processor model and year when two billion transistors were placed on a single processor chip.
4. Cite the sources where you located the information you placed into the table.
5. Comment on the growth of the number of transistors used in integrated circuits over the years.

• Is the growth reasonable?
• Does the growth look surprising fast or surprisingly slow?
• Can you predict when 100 billion, or even one trillion, transistors may fit on a single chip?

Answer 1

Please refer the below link for the table presents the processor model, year, and transistor count for Intel processors from 1971 to the present.

http://www.wagnercg.com/Portals/0/FunStuff/AHistoryofMicroprocessorTransistorCount.pdf.

The growth is reasonable over the years and with the advancement of technology and researches the growth will grow more in the near future.

It is hard to predict when 100 billion, or even one trillion, transistors may fit on a single chip