1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,680 Is it not amazing to you that a decade ago when the Pentium 4 processor Extreme 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:09,840 Edition 3.46 GHz first launched, it 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:15,360 debuted at around $1,000 with the rest of the top tier products falling around 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:17,920 $600,400 and $275. And that now in 2014, 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:22,560 pricing is still very similar. Perhaps not on the surface, but consider this. 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:27,039 In the last 10 years, average gas prices in the US have gone from under $2 per 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:32,800 gallon to around $3.50 50 cents per gallon with general inflation in the 20 8 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:35,040 to 25% range. How is it then that as the 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:40,000 requisite tools and microprocessor manufacturing facilities, also known as 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:44,480 fabs, continue to increase in cost, the processors we use in our devices, be 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,039 they laptops, tablets, phones, or even 100 other things you wouldn't think of, 12 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:53,680 perform better, consume less power, and are available at when we adjust for 13 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:58,320 inflation, the same or lower prices year after year. I mean, they're still 14 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:01,280 basically layered metal circuits on a pure silicone wafer that's had 15 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,159 transistors formed in it. So, it's simple, right? Actually, no. Even though 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:11,680 many of the raw materials being used are similar, the actual device fabrication 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,760 process has changed dramatically. Every 18 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:18,720 2 years or so, truly, it's almost like clockwork. Intel has debuted a new way 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:23,680 to test the laws of physics and begin mass production of processors running 20 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:27,119 smaller and smaller transistors. Every time they shrink things down another 21 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,720 notch, we say they've moved to a new process node. When this happens, there 22 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:35,040 are a couple of things that usually occur. Transistors switch faster. This 23 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,960 translates to potentially higher clock speeds and performance. Less current is 24 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:44,159 required for transistor switching, which translates into reduced power 25 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,159 consumption. And the physical area taken 26 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:50,479 up per transistor goes down significantly, allowing either what is 27 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:56,240 fundamentally the same processor to be manufactured with less raw material and 28 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:58,240 be therefore lower cost or a better 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:03,840 processor to be manufactured with the same raw material at a similar cost. So 30 00:02:01,119 --> 00:02:08,959 that's all the fuss being made right now about Intel's CoreM processor code name 31 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:14,400 Broadwell Y. the first CPU to be produced using Intel's latest 14 nanmter 32 00:02:12,239 --> 00:02:18,239 manufacturing process. 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