Shrinking the Microprocessor
January 2nd, 2008
Engineers and scientists have been successful in reducing the size of the transistors that make up the processor to a mere 45 nanometers. The presence of millions of them in a processor will result to chips that are smaller but more powerful than the current generation transistors. The smaller size will make it possible to use more transistors that will make the processors faster and reduce the power consumption due to greater efficiency.
The physical size of desktops and laptops can be reduced while notebooks will be afforded increased battery life. Desktops can also be quieter since the chips don’t run as hot as their cooling fans are made to spin slower.