Intel Looks to 1 Billion-Transistor Chip (2007 )

eweek.com ^ | October 16, 2002 | Ken Popovich

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Offering a possible peek at how Itanium processors may look in 2007, a senior Intel Corp. engineer on Tuesday unveiled the blueprint for a 1 billion-transistor processor.

Although he discounted the idea that he was making a product announcement, Intel Fellow John Crawford nevertheless appeared to strongly suggest that his blueprint of a four-core processor would likely be developed to power future computers.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[PatrioticAmerican]

The cool thing about computers is that there is always a shiny new thing.

[liberallarry]

ping

[thedugal]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is the new display in Engineering at Microsoft that will make use of these powerful chips!:

[CHATTAB]

Does 1 billion transistors = 10,000 MHZ processor speed?
I'm not real computer literate, sorry.

[justlurking]

Does 1 billion transistors = 10,000 MHZ processor speed?

No, transistor count is a measure of complexity. For comparison, Intel's current Pentium 4 processor reportedly has about 55 million transistors.

However, more transistors can result in a higher throughput (i.e. accomplish more "work") at a given clock speed.

[MrNeutron1962]

I think we need to limit the number of transistors on dies. I mean, this one device will have a billion more transistors than existed on the entire planet when the first atomic bomb was dropped, unjustly I might add, on the peace loving people of Japan. What if a terrorist got a hold of one. The horror, the horror. Besides, all the money spend developing this chip could be spent to feed the poor and home the homeless. At least we need to fingerprint there owners, and give them an FBI background check. I'm sure the increased computing power will add to global warming, no blood for oil I always say!!!

Free the Indianapolis 500 !!!!

[isom35]

imagine playing quake on that puppy!

[blam]

I'm glad I'm no longer in the chip-making business.

[dheretic]

And just think, in a few years Steve the Dell shithe--errr representative will get to announce, "Not only is it a PC, but it can cook eggs and warm up coffee in the morning before class!"

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[John Lenin]

Eat your hearts out, Motorola users.

[Bush2000]

Let me guess ... "I'm sorry, Dave. But I'm afraid Motorola and IBM can't do that ..."

[TheEngineer]

Interesting photo.... But I think that guy is going to need a wider mouse pad.

[TheEngineer]

Whenever I think about Mac's (which is very rarely), I have a good chuckle about the Mac fan(atic)s' obsession with MS having "stole the idea of windows" from them....

But their own logic, applied to themselves, should mean that the microprocessor is off-limits in the Mac's... After all, Intel invented the microprocessor. Can't Apple, IBM, and Motorola "innovate" something original to run their computers? ;-)