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The 22nm 3D tri-gate transistor [source: Intel.com] |
Intel is moving towards the new frontier of technology , 3D TriGate Transistors with 22nm foot print. Here are some cool facts given by intel about its new technology.
- Size: In 1947 , the first transistor built by Bell Labs is large enough that it was pieced together by hand . Now More than 100 million 22nm tri-gate transistors can fit on the head of the pin (Where pin head is about 1.5nm in diameter).
- In a period "." , which is estimated to be 1/10 square millimeter in area can accommodate 6 million 22nm tri gate transistors.
- Human Hair which is about 90 microns in diameter can accommodate 4000 22nm tri gate transistors across its width.
- Compare to Intel's First microprocessor , introduced in 1971, 4040. A 22 nm CPU runs over 4000 times faster and energy consumption is 5000 times reduced. The Price per transistor is dropped by the factor of 50,000.
- If a person can flick a light switch 150 times in 1 minute , than it would take about 2000 years to flick a light switch on/off as 22nm Tri gate transistor can on/off well over 100 billion times in a second.
- Intel claims that its factories can produce over 5 billion transistors in a second that results to 20 million transistors produced every year for every living human being on this earth.
[Source : Intel.com]
