Title :
Microprocessors of the future: Commodity or engine growth?
Author_Institution :
Adv. Micro Devices, Fort Collins, CO
Abstract :
The author begins with a discussion of the drivers behind processor performance developments. He goes on to discuss architecture improvements, process technology, processor frequency increases, increased integration aspects, adaptive design and improving designer productivity.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; microprocessor chips; AMD; IBM; Intel; Sun; adaptive design; computational capacity; designer productivity; frequency increases; microprocessors; process technology; processor architectures; processor performance; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Engines; Frequency; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Reduced instruction set computing; Technological innovation; VLIW;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSSC.2008.930936
