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Foil 44 Transistor Count Growth Rate

From Introduction to Computational Science CPS615 Computational Science Class -- Spring Semester 2000. by Geoffrey C. Fox


100 million transistors on chip by early 2000's A.D.
Transistor count grows faster than clock rate
- 40% per year, order of magnitude more contribution in 2 decades



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