The Productivity Gap
1
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
Transistors/Chip
Transistor/Staff
Month
58%/Yr. compound
Complexity growth
rate
21%/Yr. compound
Productivity growth
rate
Source: SEMATECH
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.5m
.10m
.35m