University Institute of Engineering

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Evolution of Microprocessors

Prepared By:
Sukhpreet Singh
E1474
 Basic building
blocks of
computer

CPU I/O peripherals Memory

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Evolution

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Evolution

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Evolution

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Evolution

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Evolution

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Generation Microproc Year Size of Clock speed No. of No. of
essor up transistor instruction
s execute per
second

First Intel 4004 1971 4 bit 740KHz 2300 60,000

Generation
Intel 4040 1974 4 bit 500-740KHz 3000 50,000-60,000
Intel 8008 1972 8 bit 500 KHz 3500 50,000
Intel 8080 1974 8 bit 2 MHz 6000 5,00,000
Second Intel 8085 1976 8 bit 3 MHz 6500 7,69,230
Generation
Third Intel 8086 1978 16 bit 5-10MHz 29,000 2.5 million
Generation
Intel 8088 1979 16 bit 5-10MHz 29,000 2.5 million
Intel80286 1982 16 bit 8 MHz 1,34,000 4 million

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Generation Microproces Year Size of up Clock speed No. of
sor transistors

Fourth Intel80386 1985 32 bit 16-33 MHz 2,75,000

Generation Intel80486 1989 32 bit 25 -100MHz 1.2million
Pentium 1993 32/64 bit 60 MHz 3.1million
Fifth Pentium II 1997 64 bit 233 MHz 7.5million
Generation Pentium III 1999 64 bit 450 MHz 9.5million
Pentium IV 2000 64 bit 1.5 GHz 42million
Intel Atom 2008 32/64 0.6-2.13GHz 47million
Intel Dual 2006 32/64 1.3-2.6 228 million
Core
Intel core 2 2006 64 1.06-3.33 291 million

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Geneartion Microprocessor Year Clock speed

Fifth Intel core i3 2010 1.2-3.7 GHz

Generation

Intel core i5 2009 1.06-3.6 GHz

Intel core i7 2008 1.6-4.4 GHz

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1. Which generation your personal
computer/laptop belongs to?
2. What are the latest set of processors used?

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1.B. Ram, “Fundamentals of Microprocessor and Microcomputers”, 6th edition
2005, Dhanpat Rai Publications
2. R.Gaonkar,”Microprocessor,architecture,Programming and applications with
8085” Penram Publications
3. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm#i486

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