Computing power has increased dramatically as a result of the ability to place an increasing number of
Question:
Computing power has increased dramatically as a result of the ability to place an increasing number of transistors on a single processor chip. The table lists the number of transistors on some popular computer chips made by Intel.
(a) Make a scatter diagram of the data. Let the x-axis represent the year, where x = 0 corresponds to 1989, and let the y-axis represent the number of transistors.
(b) Decide whether a linear, a logarithmic, or an exponential function best describes the data.
(c) Determine a function ƒ that approximates these data. Plot ƒ and the data on the same coordinate axes.
(d) Assuming that this trend continues, use ƒ to estimate the number of transistors on a chip, to the nearest million, in the year 2016.
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels