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Transistör Sayısı > Mikroişlemciler

Mikroişlemci, bir bilgisayarın merkezi işlem birimi(CPU) fonksiyonlarını tek bir yarı iletken tümdevrede (IC) birleştiren programlanabilir bir sayısal elektronik bileşendir.
| İşlemci | Transistör Sayısı | Tanıtım Tarihi | Üretici Firma | Süreç | Alan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intel 4004 | 2,300 | 1971 | Intel | 10 µm | 12 mm² |
| Intel 8008 | 3,500 | 1972 | Intel | 10 µm | 14 mm² |
| MOS Technology 6502 | 3,510[kaynak belirtilmeli] | 1975 | MOS Technology | 8 μm | 21 mm² |
| Motorola 6800 | 4,100 | 1974 | Motorola | 6 μm | 16 mm² |
| Intel 8080 | 4,500 | 1974 | Intel | 6 μm | 20 mm² |
| RCA 1802 | 5,000 | 1974 | RCA | 5 μm | 27 mm² |
| Intel 8085 | 6,500 | 1976 | Intel | 3 μm | 20 mm² |
| Zilog Z80 | 8,500 | 1976 | Zilog | 4 μm | 18 mm² |
| Motorola 6809 | 9,000 | 1978 | Motorola | 5 μm | 21 mm² |
| Intel 8086 | 29,000 | 1978 | Intel | 3 μm | 33 mm² |
| Intel 8088 | 29,000 | 1979 | Intel | 3 μm | 33 mm² |
| Intel 80186 | 55,000 | 1982 | Intel | 3 μm |  |
| Motorola 68000 | 68,000 | 1979 | Motorola | 4 μm | 44 mm² |
| Intel 80286 | 134,000 | 1982 | Intel | 1.5 µm | 49 mm² |
| Intel 80386 | 275,000 | 1985 | Intel | 1.5 µm | 104 mm² |
| ARM 1 | 25,000 | 1985 | Acorn |  |  |
| ARM 2 | 25,000 | 1986 | Acorn |  |  |
| Intel 80486 | 1,180,235 | 1989 | Intel | 1 µm | 173 mm² |
| ARM 3 | 300,000 | 1989 | Acorn |  |  |
| R4000 | 1,350,000 | 1991 | MIPS | 1.0 µm | 213 mm² |
| ARM 6 | 30,000 | 1991 | ARM |  |  |
| Pentium | 3,100,000 | 1993 | Intel | 0.8 µm | 294 mm² |
| ARM 7 | 578977 | 1994 | ARM |  | 68.51 mm² |
| Pentium Pro | 5,500,000 | 1995 | Intel | 0.5 µm | 307 mm² |
| AMD K5 | 4,300,000 | 1996 | AMD | 0.5 µm | 251 mm² |
| Pentium II | 7,500,000 | 1997 | Intel | 0.35 µm | 195 mm² |
| AMD K6 | 8,800,000 | 1997 | AMD | 0.35 µm | 162 mm² |
| Pentium III | 9,500,000 | 1999 | Intel | 0.25 µm | 128 mm² |
| AMD K6-III | 21,300,000 | 1999 | AMD | 0.25 µm | 118 mm² |
| AMD K7 | 22,000,000 | 1999 | AMD | 0.25 µm | 184 mm² |
| Pentium 4 | 42,000,000 | 2000 | Intel | 180 nm | 217 mm² |
| Atom | 47,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | 24 mm² |
| Barton | 54,300,000 | 2003 | AMD | 130 nm | 101 mm² |
| AMD K8 | 105,900,000 | 2003 | AMD | 130 nm | 193 mm² |
| Itanium 2 McKinley | 220,000,000 | 2002 | Intel | 180 nm | 421 mm² |
| Cell | 241,000,000 | 2006 | Sony/IBM/Toshiba | 90 nm | 221 mm² |
| Core 2 Duo | 291,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | 65 nm | 143 mm² |
| Itanium 2 Madison 6M | 410,000,000 | 2003 | Intel | 130 nm | 374 mm² |
| AMD K10 quad-core 2M L3 | 463,000,000 | 2007 | AMD | 65 nm | 283 mm² |
| ARM Cortex-A9 | 26,000,000 | 2007 | ARM |  |  |
| AMD K10 quad-core 6M L3 | 758,000,000 | 2008 | AMD | 45 nm | 258 mm² |

| Itanium 2 with 9MB cache | 592,000,000 | 2004 | Intel | 130 nm | 432 mm² |
| Core i7 (Quad) | 731,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | 263 mm² |
| POWER6 | 789,000,000 | 2007 | IBM | 65 nm | 341 mm² |
| Six-Core Opteron 2400 | 904,000,000 | 2009 | AMD | 45 nm | 346 mm² |
| 16-Core SPARC T3 | 1,000,000,000 | 2010 | Sun/Oracle | 40 nm | 377 mm² |
| Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 1,160,000,000 | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | 216 mm² |
| Six-Core Core i7 (Gulftown) | 1,170,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 32 nm | 240 mm² |
| 8-core POWER7 32M L3 | 1,200,000,000 | 2010 | IBM | 45 nm | 567 mm² |
| 8-Core AMD Bulldozer | 1,200,000,000 | 2012 | AMD | 32 nm | 315 mm² |
| Quad-Core + GPU AMD Trinity | 1,303,000,000 | 2012 | AMD | 32 nm | 246 mm² |
| Quad-core z196 | 1,400,000,000 | 2010 | IBM | 45 nm | 512 mm² |
| Quad-Core + GPU Core i7 | 1,400,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 22 nm | 160 mm² |
| Dual-Core Itanium 2 | 1,700,000,000 | 2006 | Intel | 90 nm | 596 mm²  |
| Six-Core Xeon 7400 | 1,900,000,000 | 2008 | Intel | 45 nm | 503 mm² |
| Quad-Core Itanium Tukwila | 2,000,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 65 nm | 699 mm² |
| 8-core POWER7+ 80M L3 | 2,100,000,000 | 2012 | IBM | 32 nm | 567 mm² |
| Six-Core Core i7/8-Core Xeon E5  (Sandy Bridge-E/EP) | 2,270,000,000  | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | 434 mm² |
| 8-Core Xeon Nehalem-EX | 2,300,000,000 | 2010 | Intel | 45 nm | 684 mm² |
| 10-Core Xeon Westmere-EX | 2,600,000,000 | 2011 | Intel | 32 nm | 512 mm² |
| Six-core zEC12 | 2,750,000,000 | 2012 | IBM | 32 nm | 597 mm² |
| 8-Core Itanium Poulson | 3,100,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 32 nm | 544 mm² |
| Hexa-Core Ryzen 5 1600 | 4,800,000,000 | 2017 | AMD | 14 nm |  |
| 62-Core Xeon Phi | 5,000,000,000 | 2012 | Intel | 22 nm |  |