1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
10M
1M
100K
10K
(transistors)
500
25
1.0
0.1
0.01
(mips)
4004
8080
8086
80286
80386
80486
Pentium
Pentium III
Micro 2000
_ each new chip contains roughly twice as much capacity as
its predecessor
_ a new generation of chips is released every18 - 24 months
From: www.intel.com
_ in 26 years, the population of transistors per chip has increased by 3,200 times
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