Moore's Law
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Moore's Law is the term commonly used to describe the 1965 prediction by Intel Corporation co-founder Gordon Moore that holds that the number of transistors that can economically be incorporated in an integrated circuit roughly doubles every two years. [1]
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Background
When Moore in 1965 observed that the number of components on integrated circuits seemed to double regularly, this fact was known to many people working in the area. Indeed, it took over a decade, during which Moore had become the co-founder of Intel and its President and CEO, before this observation was called Moore's Law. [2]
Examples Using Intel Processors
The following table shows the progression of the number of transistors embedded in a single Intel Chip over time[3]:
| Year | Intel Chip Model | # of Transistors |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 4004 | 2,300 |
| 1974 | 8080 | 4,500 |
| 1978 | 8086 | 29,000 |
| 1982 | i286 | 134,000 |
| 1985 | i386 | 275,000 |
| 1989 | i486 | 1,200,000 |
| 1993 | Pentium | 3,100,000 |
| 1995 | Pentium Pro | 5,500,000 |
| 1997 | Pentium II | 7,500,000 |
| 1999 | Pentium III | 9,500,000 |
| 2001 | Pentium 4 / Xeon | 42,000,000 |
| 2002 | Pentium M | 55,000,000 |
| 2002 | Itanium 2 | 220,500,000 |
| 2005 | Pentium D | 291,000,000 |
| 2007 | Xeon | 582,000,000 |
| 2007 | Xeon (Penryn) | 820,000,000 |
References
- ↑ [1] Intel page on Moore's Law
- ↑ http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/tuomi/
- ↑ http://www.intel.com/technology/timeline.pdf
Additional Reading
Sixty Years of the Transistor - Intel
The Lives and Death of Moore's Law
