Diagram of Moore's Law in the history of microprocessor development (1)

Paving the way for Sandy Bridge

This is such a basic law. It should be the first lesson in your computer history: "The number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years ." However, Moore's Law (Assumption proposed by Intel founder Gordon E Moore in 1965) is not an iron law-over time, chip performance doubles by a year to three years, and it is likely to slow down further in the next few years-the speed has been quite good for nearly half a century.

 

 

But Moore's basic premise is now like what we first heard of it. Taking into account the order of magnitude (and manufacturing power), we need to transform the earliest 4-bit processor into the multi-core monster we are currently using in home machines and various enterprise systems.

We decided to take some time to review the early-rising chip manufacturing process-what they look like, who designed them, and what kind of work they can do-and the key chips that have paved the way for the emergence of Sandy Bridge in recent decades. Every chip worth attention is equipped with an image that depicts the expected growth in the number of transistors and we will take you to the Computer History Museum in the Canadian mountain view city.