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6<br />

NUM BER OF TRANSISTORS PER CHIP<br />

9<br />

10<br />

8<br />

10<br />

7<br />

10<br />

6<br />

10<br />

5<br />

10<br />

4<br />

10<br />

4K<br />

1K<br />

4004<br />

TIME FRAMES FOR<br />

LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS<br />

CONTACT ALIGNERS<br />

PROXIMITY ALIGNERS<br />

PROJECTION ALIGNERS<br />

FIRST G-LINE STEPPERS<br />

ADVANCED G-LINE STEPPERS<br />

FIRST I-LINE STEPPERS<br />

ADVANCED I-LINE STEPPERS<br />

FIRST DEEP-UV STEPPERS<br />

8080<br />

6800<br />

68000<br />

16K<br />

64K<br />

8086<br />

80286<br />

POWER PC 601<br />

80486<br />

256K<br />

68030<br />

68020 80386<br />

INTEL MICROPROCESSOR<br />

MOTOROLA MICROPROCESSOR<br />

SIZE OF MEMORY (DRAM) IN BITS<br />

YEAR OF AVAILABILITY<br />

ref.: G.D. Hutcheson, J.D. Hutcheson: "Technology <strong>and</strong> Economics in the Semiconductor Industry," Scientific American, January 1996, pp. 54-62<br />

ref.: M. Slater: “The microprocessor today”, IEEE Micro, Dec. 1996, pp. 32-44<br />

68040<br />

80786<br />

80786<br />

PENTIUM<br />

PRO<br />

POWER PC 604<br />

PENTIUM<br />

10<br />

1970 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 2000<br />

3<br />

1M<br />

POWER PC 620<br />

4M<br />

16M<br />

64M<br />

256M<br />

Exponential<br />

increase of<br />

transistor density<br />

Current range: 10 6 → 50x10 6<br />

transistor per chip; can be used to:<br />

• increase per<strong>for</strong>mance (PC µPs)<br />

<strong>and</strong>/or<br />

• integrate more functions with<br />

µP <strong>and</strong> evolve towards<br />

complete system-on-chip<br />

(embedded applications)<br />

©1997 F.M.G. Dörenberg

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