Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:06:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950830000125.3209B-100000@oasis> In-Reply-To: <199508300449.VAA05887@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: [Other stuff snipped] > > > > > That's true but who would actually need a gig of ram? > > > > > > THINK for a minute about large applications. An Intel Pentium 90/100 CPU > > > chip as 3.3 billon transistors on it. Each cmos transitor takes at least > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > 6 rectangles to represent the minimal transitor data and 3 contacts to hook > > > it up, now thats 19.8G assumming I can stuff a rectange into a byte :-). > > > > > > We haven't even started to talk about interconnecting these 3.3 billon > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > transistors... > > > > > > Can you say that a gigabyte in this world is actually a very small amount > > > of data! > > > -- > > > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > > > Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD > > > > Isn't that [M]illion? > > Get a grip, it takes a million transistors just to implement the 16k of > cache: > 16384 bytes * 8bits/byte * 6 transistors a bit == 786432, add the decoders > and other gunk and your over a million right there.... > > And from the 1994 i486DX2 data sheet ``Over one million transistors implement > this RISC integer core'' talking about just the integer ALU and registers > here.... and that was the 486 core ALU, the P54 ALU is an order or two in > magnitude more complex due to being super scaler and longer pipe. > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD Your right, I got a needed to get a grip :) Got a grip on my mouse and pushed the Netscape button on my button bar. Gripped my keyboard and typed http://www.intel.com. Hmmm, whats this: ######### FROM WWW.INTEL.COM ########## The first member of the P6 processor family... Arrives in desktops and servers in 1995. Integrates about 5.5 million transistors on the chip, compared to approximately 3.1 million transistors on the Pentium processor. ######### END SNIP ############# Yep, I just needed a to get a grip. ;-) --- Rob Snow rsnow@txdirect.net
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