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Intel in 1993 released a processor called the Intel Pentium, this had 3.1 million transistors and ran at 60hz.
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Looking through the years from 1969 to 2021, several technological advancements can be seen, the increase from 4 bits to 64 bits, the increase from 2,300 to 19.2 billion transistors in just 52 years.
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Next, once the desired temperatures are reached, a silicon seed crystal is inserted within the compound. Once the seed is in place, it begins to grow. As the seed grows expontationaly exponentially it is also extracted simultaneously from the melt as an ingot. At this stage, many factors come to play to ensure sufficient electrical properties of the silicon such as concentration, temperature and speed of the melt. Once around 6 inches of ingot is extracted, it is cut to the proper diameter.
