Crisis: Productivity Gap
1
Logic Transistors per Chip
(K)
Productivity
Trans./Staff - Mo.
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
Logic Tr./Chip
Tr./S.M.
58%/Yr. compound
Complexity growth rate
21%/Yr. compound
Productivity growth rate
Source:
SEMATECH
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2003
2001
2005
2007
2009
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.5m
.10m
.35m
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