Title :
Microprocessors in the year 2000
Author :
Young, Ian A. ; Bell, R.K. ; Hennessy, J.L. ; Iwamura, J. ; Mansfield, R.L. ; Pollack, F.J. ; Supnik, R.M.
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
Abstract :
A panel-session summary on future trends in the area of microprocessors is presented. One of the suggestions is that, by 2000, a single-chip microprocessor will be either a complete system or a multiprocessor. The integration of further system function onto a single-chip provides lower cost and higher performance and is an obvious direction. Another suggestion is that the leading-edge microprocessor in 2000 will be an 8-way superscaler RISC (reduced instruction set computer) chip, with a clock rate of 750 MHz, implemented in 0.25 mu m (feature size), 2.5 V, 4-layer-metal CMOS technology. Using advanced compiler techniques, it will deliver more than 2000 sustained MIPS.<>
Keywords :
integrated circuit technology; microprocessor chips; reduced instruction set computing; CMOS technology; clock rate; compiler techniques; cost; feature size; microprocessors; single-chip devices; superscaler RISC; system function; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuits; Computer architecture; Costs; Manufacturing; Microprocessors; Power dissipation; Software performance; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1993. Digest of Technical Papers. 40th ISSCC., 1993 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0987-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1993.280048
