Intel’s newest range of microprocessors, the dual core & quad core Penryn offerings have more than 400 million transistors & more than 800 million transistors in their silicon space respectively. It's amazing to be able to make such small things work! I reckon going smaller will continue until it's too expensive to go any smaller.
Some fun facts about the 45nm transistor technology:
• More than 2 million 45nm transistors can fit in the period at the end of the sentence.
• 2000 of 45nm transistors can be placed on the width of a human hair.
• A 45nm transistor can switch on & off 300 billion instances per second. A light beam can travel a tenth of an inch during the duration a transistor switches on & off.
• 2000 of 45nm transistors can be placed on the width of a human hair.
• A 45nm transistor can switch on & off 300 billion instances per second. A light beam can travel a tenth of an inch during the duration a transistor switches on & off.
2 comments:
Thats awesome... Technology improved a lot.. But how far it is affordable? Thats the matter... Still lot more to come... Cheers dude....
Nice post.. Thanks for the info...
Hi, Shiva. Yeah, it is why I usually wait like 6 months for the price of a chip, laptop, & etc to drop. I try to do without the latest stuff unless they are value for money buys.
Thanks for stopping by, Shiva.
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