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    Future microprocessors are predicted to operate at much higher speeds than earlier predictions, with Intel's Pentium Pro reaching 200MHz compared to an earlier prediction of 100MHz at 2.5 rating. This increase in performance has driven expansion of applications and markets. However, producing more advanced microprocessors requires much higher capital costs than expected due to increasing fabrication complexity. Future processors will operate at lower voltages between 1.1-1.8V to increase speed and reduce power consumption compared to current processors running at 2.5-3.3V. This will require new voltage regulator modules to provide stable power supply for the processors' dynamic loads and high current slew rates.

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    Future microprocessors are predicted to operate at much higher speeds than earlier predictions, with Intel's Pentium Pro reaching 200MHz compared to an earlier prediction of 100MHz at 2.5 rating. This increase in performance has driven expansion of applications and markets. However, producing more advanced microprocessors requires much higher capital costs than expected due to increasing fabrication complexity. Future processors will operate at lower voltages between 1.1-1.8V to increase speed and reduce power consumption compared to current processors running at 2.5-3.3V. This will require new voltage regulator modules to provide stable power supply for the processors' dynamic loads and high current slew rates.

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    Future microprocessors are predicted to operate at much higher speeds than earlier predictions, with Intel's Pentium Pro reaching 200MHz compared to an earlier prediction of 100MHz at 2.5 rating. This increase in performance has driven expansion of applications and markets. However, producing more advanced microprocessors requires much higher capital costs than expected due to increasing fabrication complexity. Future processors will operate at lower voltages between 1.1-1.8V to increase speed and reduce power consumption compared to current processors running at 2.5-3.3V. This will require new voltage regulator modules to provide stable power supply for the processors' dynamic loads and high current slew rates.

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    AN ABSTRACT ON

    FUTURE MICROPROCESSOR AND THEIR POWER


    GENERATION

    BY: MOHAMMEED VASIM

    It is often asked to paint a picture of microprocessor of future. Even if


    newest processor just hits streets and has not even come close to full use,
    people naturally crave where they are going rather than where they have
    been. Over the last 10 years evolving microprocessor performance increased
    at a higher than envisioned rate, unfortunately, so did manufacturing capital
    costs. This paper lists predictions for today’s microprocessor performance at
    speed at speeds of hundred MIPS which is equivalent to an rating of 2.5 and
    clock rates of 150MHz. surprisingly, today’s performance dramatically
    exceeds this. The Intel Pentium Pro processor with rating of 10 and 200MHz
    clock rate. This great performance boost has stimulated a huge range of
    applications for business, home and entertainment, from mobile computers
    to servers. As a result, the PC market segment isa lot larger today than we
    anticipated years ago.
    The bad news is producing advanced microprocessors involves much higher
    capital cost than anyone ever expected. At Intel, we’ve augmented Moore’s
    law(the number of transistors on a processor doubles approximately every
    18 months) with Moore’s law 2. Law 2 says that as the sophistication of chips
    increases, the cost of fabrication rises exponentially.

    By reducing the power supply voltage, faster, lower power consumption, and
    high integration density data processing systems can be achieved. The
    current generation high-speed CMOS processors are operating at above
    300MHz with 2.5 to 3.3V output range. Future processors will be designed in
    the 1.1-1.8V range, in further enhance their speed-power performance.
    These new generations microprocessors will present very dynamic loads with
    high current slew rates during transient. As a result, they will require a
    special power supply, Voltage Regulator Module (VRM), to provide well-
    regulated voltage. The VRMs should have high power densities, high
    efficiencies, and good transient performance. This paper addresses the
    critical technical issues to achieve this target for future generation
    microprocessors.

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