Future trend of microprocessor design

In the past thirty years, computer technology advances have fundamentally changed the practice of business and personal computing. During these three decades, the wide acceptance of personal computers and the explosive growth in the performance, capability, and reliability of computers have fostered a new era of computing. The driving forces behind this new computing revolution are due primarily to rapid advances in computer architecture and semiconductor technologies. In this paper, we will examine key architectural and process technology trends that affect microprocessor designs in the next decade.