Transistor count
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Transistor count is the most common measure of chip complexity.
According to the Moore's Law transistor counts of the integrated circuits grow exponentially.
On virtually all modern CPUs the part that takes most transistors is the cache.
| Processor | Transistor count | Date of introduction | Manufacturer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 4004 | 2300 | 1971 | Intel | |
| Intel 8008 | 2500 | 1972 | Intel | |
| Intel 8080 | 4500 | 1974 | Intel | |
| Intel 8088 | 29 000 | 1979 | Intel | |
| Intel 80286 | 134 000 | 1982 | Intel | |
| Intel 80386 | 275 000 | 1985 | Intel | |
| Intel 80486 | 1 200 000 | 1989 | Intel | |
| Pentium | 3 100 000 | 1993 | Intel | |
| AMD K5 | 4 300 000 | 1996 | AMD | |
| Pentium II | 7 500 000 | 1997 | Intel | |
| AMD K6 | 8 800 000 | 1997 | AMD | |
| Pentium III | 9 500 000 | 1999 | Intel | |
| AMD K6-III | 21 300 000 | 1999 | AMD | |
| AMD K7 | 22 000 000 | 1999 | AMD | |
| Pentium 4 | 42 000 000 | 2000 | Intel | |
| Itanium | 25 000 000 | 2001 | Intel | |
| Barton | 54 300 000 | 2003 | AMD | |
| AMD K8 | 105 900 000 | 2003 | AMD | |
| Itanium 2 | 220 000 000 | 2003 | Intel | |
| Itanium 2 with 9MB cache | 592 000 000 | 2004 | Intel | |
| Cell | 241 000 000 | 2006 | Sony/IBM/Toshiba | |
| Core 2 Duo | 291 000 000 | 2006 | Intel | |
| Core 2 Quad | 582 000 000 | 2006 | Intel | |
| Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 1 700 000 000 | 2006 | Intel |
[edit] References
- Dual-Core Itanium 2 Transistor Count
- Transistor counts of Intel processors
- Transistor counts of AMD processors
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