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Number of transistors in a device
The transistor count is the number of transistors in an electronic device. It is the most common measure of integrated circuit complexity. The rate at which MOS transistor counts have increased generally follows Moore's law, which observes that transistor count doubles approximately every two years. However, being directly proportional to the area of a die, transistor count does not represent how advanced the corresponding manufacturing technology is. A better indication of this is transistor density which is the ratio of a device's transistor count to its die area. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Transistor countA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Reducing Transistor Count in CMOS Logic Design Through Clustering and Library-Independent Multiple-Output Logic SynthesisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: An introduction to counting techniques and transistor circuit logicThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Novel Low Power and Reduced Transistor Count Magnetic Arithmetic Logic Unit Using Hybrid STT-MTJ/CMOS CircuitCited 41 times
- Go sideways: 14 nm processA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of semiconductor scale examplesA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Novel Low Power and Reduced Transistor Count Magnetic Arithmetic Logic Unit Using Hybrid STT-MTJ/CMOS Circuit
High fan-in dynamic cmos comparators with low transistor count
Transistor Count Reduction by Gate Merging
Investigation on Device Characteristics of MOSFET Transistor Placed Under Bond Pad for High-Pin-Count SOC Applications
Increasing the Transistor Count by Constructing A Two-Layer Crystal Square on A Single Chip
Minimum MOS Transistor Count Fractional-Order Voltage-Mode and Current-Mode Filters
A Novel Low-Power N-bit Comparator Design with Optimized Transistor Count for Energy-Efficient VLSI Applications
Transistor Count Optimization in IG FinFET Network Design
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕An introduction to counting techniques and transistor circuit logicK. J. Dean · 1964
Introduction to computing systemsYale N. Patt, Sanjay J. Patel · 2003
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