Intel Microprocessors
From Wikipedia, Intel's site,
an
http://processortimeline.info/
Q:
Looking at all the charts you produced, do you see anything in
common? What is the estimated functional growth of each of
the components and their prices?
Processor
Transistor
count
Date of
introduction
Process Area
Clock
Speed
Unit Price
Speed in
MHz
Transistors
Per $1
MHz Per
$1
Intel 4004 2,300 1971 10 µm 12 mm² 108 KHz $200.00 0.108 $11.50 $0.00 A:
Intel 8008 3,500 1972 10 µm 14 mm² 800 KHz 0.8
All the graphs have a general increase in the vaules from 1971
to 1989. The two transistor count graphs and the transistors
per $1 graphs both have a steady increase in values.
Intel 8080 4,500 1974 6 μm 20 mm² 2 MHz 2
There should be a general increasing trend of component
speeds, the components per $1, the number of compnents,
and a slightly increasing price in MHz per $1.
Intel 8086 29,000 1978 3 μm 33 mm² 5 MHz $360.00 5 $80.56 $0.01
Intel 8088 29,000 1979 3 μm 33 mm² 5 MHz 5
Intel 286 134,000 1982 1.5 µm 49 mm² 6 MHz $360.00 6 $372.22 $0.02
Intel 386 275,000 1985 1.5 µm 104 mm² 16 MHz $299.00 16 $919.73 $0.05
Intel 486 1,200,000 1989 1 µm 160 mm² 25 MHz $900.00 25 $1,333.33 $0.03
Pentium 3,100,000 1993 0.8 µm 294 mm² 66 MHz $964.00 66 $3,215.77 $0.07
Pentium II 7,500,000 1997 0.35 µm 195 mm² 300 MHz $1,981.00 300 $3,785.97 $0.15
Pentium III 9,500,000 1999 0.25 µm 500 MHz $239.00 500 $39,748.95 $2.09
Pentium 4 42,000,000 2000 180 nm 1.5 GHz $819.00 1500 $51,282.05 $1.83
Itanium 2 220,000,000 2002 130 nm 1 GHz 1000
Core 2 Duo 291,000,000 2006 65 nm 2.66 GHz $530.00 2660 $549,056.60 $5.02
Quad-Core Intel Xeon 582,000,000 2007 45 nm 2.66 GHz 2660
Core i7 (Quad) 731,000,000 2008 45 nm 263 mm² 3.2 GHz $583.00 3200 $1,253,859.35 $5.49
