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Plot of transistor counts against dates of introduction. The curve shows counts doubling every two years.

Transistor count is the most common measure of integrated circuit complexity. According to Moore's Law, the transistor count of the integrated circuits grow exponentially. On most modern microprocessors, the majority of transistors are contained in caches.


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Transistor count

Microprocessors

Processor Transistor count Date of introduction Manufacturer Process Area
Intel 4004 2,300 1971 Intel 10 µm
Intel 8008 3,500 1972 Intel 10 µm
Intel 8080 4,500 1974 Intel 6 μm
Intel 8088 29,000 1979 Intel 3 μm
Intel 80286 134,000 1982 Intel 1.5 µm
Intel 80386 275,000 1985 Intel 1.5 µm
Intel 80486 1,180,000 1989 Intel 1 µm
Pentium 3,100,000 1993 Intel 0.8 µm
AMD K5 4,300,000 1996 AMD 0.5 µm
Pentium II 7,500,000 1997 Intel 0.35 µm
AMD K6 8,800,000 1997 AMD 0.35 µm
Pentium III 9,500,000 1999 Intel 0.25 µm
AMD K6-III 21,300,000 1999 AMD 0.25 µm
AMD K7 22,000,000 1999 AMD 0.25 µm
Pentium 4 42,000,000 2000 Intel 180 nm
Atom 47,000,000 2008 Intel 45 nm
Barton 54,300,000 2003 AMD 130 nm
AMD K8 105,900,000 2003 AMD 130 nm
Itanium 2 220,000,000 2003 Intel 130 nm
Cell 241,000,000 2006 Sony/IBM/Toshiba 90 nm
Core 2 Duo 291,000,000 2006 Intel 65 nm
AMD K10 463,000,000[1] 2007 AMD 65 nm
Itanium 2 with 9MB cache 592,000,000 2004 Intel 130 nm
Core i7 (Quad) 731,000,000 2008 Intel 45 nm
POWER6 789,000,000 2007 IBM 65 nm 341 mm²
Six-Core Opteron 2400 904,000,000 2009 AMD 45 nm
Dual-Core Itanium 2 1,700,000,000[2] 2006 Intel 90 nm 596 mm²
Six-Core Xeon 7400 1,900,000,000 2008 Intel 45 nm
Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila 2,000,000,000[3] (future) Intel 65 nm
8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX 2,300,000,000[4] (future) Intel 45 nm

GPUs

Processor Transistor count Date of introduction Manufacturer Process Area
G80 681,000,000 2006 NVIDIA 90 nm 480 mm²
RV770 956,000,000[5] 2008 AMD 55nm
GT200 1,400,000,000[6] 2008 NVIDIA 55 nm 576 mm²
HD5800 2,154,000,000[7] 2009 AMD 40 nm
GF100 2,900,000,000[8] (future) NVIDIA 40 nm

FPGA

FPGA Transistor count Date of introduction Manufacturer Process Area
Virtex ~70,000,000 1997 Xilinx
Virtex-E ~200,000,000 1998 Xilinx
Virtex-II ~350,000,000 2000 Xilinx
Virtex-II PRO ~430,000,000 2002 Xilinx
Virtex-4 1,000,000,000 2004 Xilinx
Virtex-5 1,100,000,000[9] 2006 Xilinx
Stratix IV 2,500,000,000[10] 2008 Altera


References

  1. ^ Barcelona Architecture: AMD on the Counterattack
  2. ^ PRESS KIT - Dual-Core Intel Itanium Processor
  3. ^ "Itanium Tukwila." AFP. Feb 5, 2008. Retrieved on Feb 5, 2008.
  4. ^ "Intel Previews Intel Xeon 'Nehalem-EX' Processor." May 26, 2009. Retrieved on May 28, 2009.
  5. ^ The Radeon HD 4850 & 4870: AMD Wins at $199 and $299
  6. ^ NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260
  7. ^ Radeon 5870 specifications
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Taiwan Company UMC Delivers 65nm FPGAs to Xilinx." SDA-ASIA Thursday, 9 November 2006.
  10. ^ "Altera's new 40nm FPGAs - 2.5 billion transistors!"

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