Did You Know

Intel back end history you need to know ...

1. Processors are printed on pure silicon which is derived from common beach sand;
2. Each second-generation Core processor is made up of almost one billion transistors. That's 540 million     more transistors than the combined number of cars in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific;
3. The new chips use 32nm transistors which can switch on and off more than 300 billion times in one second. It would take a human 4,000 years to flick a light swtich on and off that many times;
4. The second-generation Core processor is more than 4,000 times faster than Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004, which was introduced in 1971. It also uses 4,000 times less less energy than the 4004;
5. If the power consumption of the Core processor is equated to a electric clothes-dryer, drying one load for 60 minutes is equivalent to running a laptop for 6 days and 2.4 hours; and,
6. The price per transistor has dropped by a factor of about 100,000.