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LECTURE-1
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Moores Law
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore is a visionary
published
his
components
paper
onto
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integrated
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circuits
in
guiding
principle
and
springboard
for
technological
Transistor size and structure are at the very centre of delivering the
benefits of Moore's Law to the end user.
The smaller and more power efficient the transistor, the better.
Intel continues to predictably shrink its manufacturing technology in a
series of "world firsts": 45nm with high-k/metal gate in 2007; 32nm in 2009;
and now 22nm with the world's first 3-D transistor in a high volume logic
process beginning in 2011.
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With a smaller, 3-D transistor, Intel can design even more powerful
processors with incredible power efficiency. The new technology enables
innovative microarchitectures, System on Chip (SoC) designs, and new
productsfrom servers and PCs to smart phones, and innovative consumer
products.
Next generation is 14nm is expected to rule the product market by 2015.
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