Growth of Microprocessor Performance

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0.1

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10

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1980

1982

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

Year

Performance in Mflop/s

8087

80287

6881

80387

R2000

i860

RS6000/540

Alpha

RS6000/590

Alpha

Cray 1S

Cray X-MP

Cray 2

Cray Y-MP

Cray C90

Cray T90

1998

2X transistors/Chip Every 1.5 years

“Moore’s Law”

Microprocessors have become smaller, denser, and more powerful.

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