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Showing posts with label VLSI TRIVIA. Show all posts

Technology scaling factor

Technology nodex always shrinks by a factor of 0.7 per generation so that each subsequent technology has cell area that is half of that in present technology node.
For instance, you will find technology nodes as 180 um 90 um, 65 um, 45 um, 32 um, 22 um and so on..
*Source - Digital integrated circuits - A design perspective by Jan M Rabay

Computing capability of today's laptops

A small laptop computer today has more computing capability than the equipment used to send a man to moon a few years ago.
Today, computers have made tremendous progress in terms of computing capability. The capability of the simplest laptop today is more than the whole system that was used to send a man to moon in 1970's. In fact, it is many many times more than that.

Technology scaling factor

Technology nodex always shrinks by a factor of 0.7 per generation so that each subsequent technology has cell area that is half of that in present technology node.
For instance, you will find technology nodes as 180 um 90 um, 65 um, 45 um, 32 um, 22 um and so on..
*Source - Digital integrated circuits - A design perspective by Jan M Rabay