Microprocessors circa 2000
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Spectrum
- Vol. 26 (10) , 43-47
- https://doi.org/10.1109/6.40684
Abstract
The authors examine the trends that they believe will lead to microprocessors with a projected 50 million transistors on a die measuring 1 in/sup 2/ which could incorporate multiple processors with an aggregate performance of over 2000 million instructions per second (MIPS). They propose a new law of computing and semiconductors: 'every concept proved useful in mainframe or minicomputers has migrated or will migrate onto the microprocessor'. They discuss developments that break systems bottlenecks, increased performance demands, increasing speed, reliability challenges, interconnection problems, and design and test issues.<>Keywords
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