25 Years of Intel Architecture

[Animesh Maurya]

In 1978 Intel introduced 16 Bit 8086 processor that contained 29,000
transistors and ran at 5Mhz. In comparison today's Intel Pentium 4
processor contains 55,000,000 transistors and runs more that 600 times
faster at 3.06Ghz. Will Intel be able to increase the processor speed
at the same rate for the next 25 years?

Thanks

 

[David Fox]

In 1978 Intel introduced 16 Bit 8086 processor that contained 29,000
transistors and ran at 5Mhz. In comparison today's Intel Pentium 4
processor contains 55,000,000 transistors and runs more that 600 times
faster at 3.06Ghz. Will Intel be able to increase the processor speed
at the same rate for the next 25 years?

Thanks

My crystal ball is a little cloudy right now. Will they try? Yes. Will
they be able to? I guess we'll find out in 25 years.