Contest: Guess Intel Transistor Shipments, Win a Great Prize!
posted by Esther Andrews on December 01, 2008
THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER. Congratulations to the winner who received a $500 Amazon gift card just in time to finish up his holiday shopping - Fenwick Jeffrey of New Brunswick, Canada - with his entry of 20,275,500,698,321,756, which came the closest to the correct answer of 19,914,946,000,000,000
November 11th marked the one-year anniversary of Intel shipping its very first processors that incorporated our 45 nanometer manufacturing capability and reinvented transistor formula called high-k, metal gate. To the everyday consumer, this may not mean much. But think of the innovation involved in reinventing and then stuffing 100s of millions of tiny, tiny transistors inside a processor not much larger than a postage stamp, yet still delivering more performance for your photo, video and music activities in laptops that are now even smaller and faster yet improve battery life.
In honor of this milestone, Intel is offering one lucky winner in the US or Canada US $500 www.amazon.com gift certificate to the person who guesses the exact number of transistors Intel has shipped worldwide from January 1, 2008 to October 31st, 2008.
How do you play? Simple. Use the comments section of this blog to submit your answer. By doing so, you acknowledge the official rules posted at the end of this blog.
Three more things. First, keep in mind that the number of transistors inside several of our products that take advantage of 45nm and reinvented transistors varies, but are typically in the 100s of millions. Intel will only review one submission per e-mail address, and only one number per submission, so don’t list a bunch or try to submit several using the same e-mail account.
Second, please note that Intel can moderate its blog comments so it is likely that your submission post will be delayed up to 24 hours or more. We’ll do our best to post answers as immediately as possible, and Intel’s blog automatically ‘time-stamps’ each submission when its submitted, so the answers will be posted in order and if two individuals submit the winning answer the first person to post wins.
Third, the contest begins now and ends on December 15th, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. Pacific Standard time. The winner will receive a $500 gift certificate for www.amazon.com and will be contacted using the e-mail submitted along with the answer post. This winner will have seven days (December 22, 12:01 p.m. PST) to acknowledge and accept the award.
Official Contest Rules:
(1) For posting at the blogs.intel.com site for the duration of the contest period. (2) For attachment as an addendum to winner’s affidavits
Guess the Number of Intel’s Reinvented Transistors Contest Official Contest Rules
Eligibility: No purchase necessary to win. This contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada, excluding Quebec, who are 18 years of age or older. Intel Employees, officers and representatives (and members of their immediate families and those living in the same household of each) of Intel Corporation, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies and any company involved in the design, execution, production or judging of this promotion (“contest entities”) are ineligible Void where prohibited.
How to Enter: Beginning December 1, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. PST contestants may submit via a comment to the blog post related to this Contest located at the Technology@Intel blog, their calculation of the exact number of transistors manufactured on Intel’s 45 nanometer process Intel Corporation shipped worldwide between January 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008. If no individual guesses the exact number, then the closest number to the exact answer (above or below it) will win.
Length of Contest: The contest shall run from December 1st, 12:01 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to December 15th, 12:01 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Number of submissions: Contestants can provide only one answer per the e-mail, Intel will have an exact time stamp for each submitted number in case there are multiple individuals who submit the same winning number. Please note: submissions are moderated, so there will be a delay from the time a comment is submitted to actually seeing it posted. Intel Corporation will post the submissions in the exact order as received based on the automatic time stamp generated.
Requirements: Winner must meet the Eligibility requirements outlined above and have an active Internet connection and e-mail address to make a submission. This e-mail address will also be used to send the winning entry a gift certificate in the amount of $500 from www.amazon.com. Submitters can use their own computers and Internet connection or those offered by local libraries and community centers but having your own e-mail address is mandatory to submit and possibly win.
Prizes, One Prize Winner: Only one prize will be awarded. One winner will receive an www.amazon.com gift certificate in the amount of US$500. The winner will be notified via the e-mail used to submit the winning answer. The Winner will be contacted and have 7 days to acknowledge notification via the same e-mail address. Intel will then send the winner an affidavit and release to sign, and winner will have 5 days to sign and return these forms to Intel. Upon return of these documents signed Intel will e-mail the winner the gift certificate. If after 7 days of the initial notification no acknowledgement has occurred, Intel will attempt to contact the second-closet submission and repeat the process until a winner is identified. Where two individuals submit the correct answer, the individual who posted their answer first, as determined by the automatic time stamp, will be awarded the Prize.
Contest Judging: The winner will be determined by Intel Corporation by comparing all submissions in the noted timeframe and selecting the first submission that presents the exact number of transistors, or the closest number above or below the exact answer.
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Comments (231)
tagged: 45nm, high-k, Intel, metal gate, technology, transistor
Comments
Dec 02 | Nick Bazin said:
25,000,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 03 | Ralph Hipps said:
37,500,000,000,000,000 transistors. Did I win??? ;)
Dec 04 | Shannon Flanagan said:
67,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Kristi Alford said:
820,000,000 transistors
Dec 04 | Monica said:
one quintillion
Dec 04 | Chris Horning said:
7,500,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Daniel Millet said:
1,774,487,100,000,000
Dec 04 | Huai Gong said:
4.92 x 10exp15
Dec 04 | Ari Becker said:
27,535,200,000,000,000 transistors.
Unfortunately Murphy’s Law says that at least two people will post after me, 1 with a count 1 less than mine and 1 with a count 1 more than mine, but hey I can be hopeful right? :D
Dec 04 | Michael Arnold said:
36,500,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Justin Payne said:
25458369217448718
Dec 04 | Bryce said:
150,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Vic said:
3,333,333,333
Dec 04 | Mike Danielson said:
50 quadrillion transistors
Dec 04 | Andrew Aubertin said:
150,000,000
Dec 04 | LSMAN said:
720,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | HL said:
750000000000000
Dec 04 | Matt Thomas said:
It’s Over 9000!!!!
Dec 04 | Taylor Naset said:
87,654,390,175 :-)
Dec 04 | Kevin Hagglund said:
1,873,778,436,231
Dec 04 | Tony said:
850,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Sean Hartt said:
758,566,876,115,435,287 Transistors
Dec 04 | Steve said:
28,500,000,000,000
Dec 04 | matt ohmes said:
850,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | jim bluem said:
I have 82,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Chase Gordon said:
80,000,000,000
Dec 04 | FMZ said:
120 million
Dec 04 | Ernesto Bolanos said:
955,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Antonio Gutierrez said:
74,719,272,000,000 Transistors Shipped (Roughly)
Dec 04 | Andrew said:
900000000000000000
Dec 04 | Dietcliff said:
5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Adrian Dsouza said:
214,000,000,000,000 transistors! Good luck all.
Dec 04 | Geoffrey Straubinger said:
4,121,984,000,000
Dec 04 | Blaine Lucas said:
16,375,555,000,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 04 | rigged said:
4,121,984,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Joe said:
4,521,340,895,797 to be exact
Dec 04 | Tim G said:
81,387,500,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Ryan Seys said:
389,218,500,003,482,859
Dec 04 | Recep said:
10^16
Dec 04 | Andrew C said:
64,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001 transistors
Dec 04 | Nathan said:
5,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Nicholas Summers said:
1,152,000,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 04 | Chris said:
546,658,125,487,248,000
Dec 04 | Dave said:
1200000000000000
Dec 04 | Matthew said:
14,800,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Theron said:
139,570,000,000,000
Dec 04 | qwaqer said:
731 Million
Dec 04 | Kim said:
500,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Kevin Wielgus said:
100,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Phi said:
96,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | vab206 said:
770,770,770
Dec 04 | Daniel said:
200 trillion.
Dec 04 | Justin R said:
79,950,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 04 | Jonahthan Lay said:
800,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Natasha Lay said:
4,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Henry said:
7,927,584,148,423,125
Dec 04 | Will said:
820,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Brian said:
3,500,000,000,000,000 Transistors
Dec 04 | Rob said:
84,500,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | andrew o said:
970,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Xi Chen said:
MORE THAN 4.92 × 10exp15. Not exactly the number 4.92 × 10exp15!!! A little more than that!!! Maybe 4.9205 × 10exp15. That will be 4,920,500,000,000,000. Huai Gong is really smart. I just calculated out. A little late. Hope I can win.
Dec 04 | Tim said:
40000000000
Dec 04 | Mike said:
23,370,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | darra mcmahon said:
1,030,030,070
Dec 04 | tim said:
165,452,500,300,000,000
Dec 04 | Sean said:
I’m guessing 35,736,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Rick said:
4,929,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Van said:
270,000,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 04 | Brian said:
3,100,000,000,000,001
Dec 04 | Derek said:
3,512,121,212,121,212,121
Dec 04 | Jeremy Stewart said:
58,330,000,025,007,000
Dec 04 | kylepaddock said:
1 billion
Dec 04 | Dan said:
Exactly 314,159,265,358,979
Dec 04 | Duc Tan Ngo said:
185,452,500,300,000,000
Dec 04 | zack said:
320000000000000000
Dec 04 | Cody said:
186,472,334,795,301
Dec 04 | Cody Breland said:
256,512,024,048,096
Dec 04 | lev kravtsov said:
90.000.000.000.000
Dec 04 | Sara said:
356,874,128,675,309
Dec 04 | m0da said:
9x10^18
Dec 04 | nick said:
678,643,778,043
Dec 04 | Stefan said:
4.4772 * 10^16 transistors = 44,772,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Robert Asbell said:
8,736,110,987,654,321
Dec 04 | Darrien Tu said:
190,467,865,234,543,887
Dec 04 | Justin Jolly said:
44,219,000,000
Dec 04 | MeatballCB said:
28,800,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Corey said:
420,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Kenneth Liu said:
16,879,500,314,256
Dec 04 | DanielS said:
312,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | werty316 said:
45,175,157,185,468,478,646,546,545,465,431
Dec 04 | Mark said:
1,748,358,321,985,430
Dec 04 | chuchnit said:
10^8
Dec 04 | sasha said:
12,324,689,787,664,561
Dec 04 | Gerbu said:
40,936,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Joz said:
15,523,161,773,770
Dec 04 | Thomas said:
a googleplex
Dec 04 | EricL said:
75,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Chris said:
54,600,097,250,489
Dec 04 | Kevin N. said:
15,205,092,081,645,020
Dec 04 | Patrick said:
3,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | DavidR said:
49,272,000,000,002,000
Dec 04 | Vincent said:
147,587,695,234,987,454
Dec 04 | Franklin said:
I guess 4 × 10EE17 or 400 quadrillion.
Dec 04 | Dave M said:
1 Transistor Bob.
Dec 04 | Moy2010 said:
12,789,537
Dec 04 | brett said:
5,000,000,000,000,000,000,001,000,000
Dec 04 | Mike Schlottfeld said:
150,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Ben Sukys said:
45,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | Lynn said:
59,849,828,159,758,438
Dec 04 | Dwight said:
11,200,000,000,000,000
Dec 04 | GregS said:
410,000,000,000.
Dec 04 | AM said:
555,500,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Chris said:
760,532,897,219,945,000
Dec 05 | Ron said:
57,356,763,548,850,124
Dec 05 | Jay Lefimil said:
483 561 789 236 745 968
Dec 05 | Anonymous said:
5*10^15
Dec 05 | Warboy said:
37.5 x 10^17
Dec 05 | John Aiton said:
3,280,000,000,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 05 | Jon said:
6,657,420,800,000
Dec 05 | Leon said:
2,839,000,292,198,000
Dec 05 | Trent said:
274,000,000,000,000,137
Dec 05 | JoeyC said:
Im going to toss in,
5,536,787,030,666,098 High-k metal gate Transistors
Dec 05 | Chad Smith said:
1,127,560,427,840,390
Dec 05 | eee said:
77,777,777,777.45
Dec 05 | Andrew Robinson said:
16 quadrillion
Dec 05 | TW said:
7,846,347,867,383,600,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Randall said:
3.02 * 10^23
Dec 05 | Alan said:
More than AMD ;) 999,999,999,999
Dec 05 | Jason W said:
550000000
Dec 05 | chris mcclanahan said:
6.02214179×10^23 (Avogadro’s Number)
Dec 05 | Sean said:
49.4*10^19
Dec 05 | budbath said:
4,500,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Zaid said:
70,000, 000,000,000
Dec 05 | Keith said:
5.56 E15
Dec 05 | Elisha Gray said:
49,200,000,000,000,001
Dec 05 | Michael W said:
2,678,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Karyn Warf said:
45,500,000,000,000,000 or 45500000000000000 or 4.55^16 or forty-five quadrillion and five hundred
Dec 05 | Jeremiah Allen said:
400,000,000,000,000,001
Dec 05 | Jon C said:
31,980,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Thomas said:
41,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | Jacob said:
7,650,000,000,000,000
Dec 05 | VinnyM said:
972,000,100,000,000
Dec 05 | Steve said:
1,823,901,359,343,796,162
Dec 05 | Clement said:
64,211,251,680,234,123
Dec 06 | Jon said:
58 trilion
Dec 06 | Steve said:
65,600,000,000
Dec 06 | Madhav said:
47831044311998
Dec 06 | Timothy Selig said:
2,128,734,325
Dec 06 | Andrew said:
125,300,233,110,230,550
Dec 06 | Andrew said:
173,468,514,238,712,374
Dec 06 | Khoa K said:
35 million billion
Dec 07 | FJEFF said:
20,275,500,698,321,756
Dec 07 | Kyle R said:
889,218,500,003,482,859
Dec 07 | Carl said:
582,000,000
Dec 07 | Carl said:
582,000,000
Dec 08 | Sheepdogexpress said:
8,450,000,000,000,000
Dec 08 | Brian F said:
731,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 08 | BigYo said:
Something like 1845595676888699 yea, thats it.
Dec 08 | Penelope Pince said:
750,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 09 | Paul said:
42,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 09 | Alex said:
314,033,547
Dec 10 | Diego said:
1,791,688,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 10 | Justin said:
22,000,000,000,000,001 (22 quadrillion and 1)
Dec 10 | T4rd said:
102,500,000,000,000
Confidential, eh?
Dec 10 | Chris said:
205,000,000,000,000
Dec 10 | Christopher said:
153,750,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Mike said:
345,467,239,347,871
Dec 11 | roytard said:
53,127,953,410,216,818
Dec 11 | Doug said:
4.93 x 10exp15
Dec 11 | Adam said:
19,236,752,130,842
Dec 11 | Jeff said:
53,954,023,612,807,345,901,001,784,561
Dec 11 | Steve said:
497,234,533,670,342,197,092
Dec 11 | Alex Krstic said:
36,750,000,459,000,273 transistors
Dec 11 | arges said:
640,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Isaac W. said:
If it is broken down by counting about 250,000 shipped E8400’s and E8500’s and about 100,000 Icore7 chips. (my estimate will still be high) but it isn’t taking into account any of the xenon shipments, It should be something around this.
832 500 000 000 000
Dec 11 | John said:
565,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Tim said:
5,120,500,000,000,050
Dec 11 | YQ said:
2.5 × 10e17
Dec 11 | Ethan said:
205,845,124,569,534,343
Dec 11 | Aeurix said:
12,900,108,675,309
Dec 11 | Randolph Jones said:
7,400, 533,800,000
Dec 11 | Matt said:
2.5x10^16
Dec 11 | Dave said:
9,602,500,000,000,000.. ish
Dec 11 | Matthew said:
1.75x10^16
Dec 11 | Derek said:
4,937,461,155,219,017 -transistors-
Dec 11 | Mike said:
i would say 20,889,000,230,666,143
Dec 11 | DaMan said:
46,552,082,901,125,000
Dec 11 | Ace said:
14,500,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Stan said:
45,270,833,152,250,000
Dec 11 | Hab said:
68,333,333,060,000,000
Dec 11 | IC said:
3E8
Dec 11 | d3volution said:
850,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Philip said:
40,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Jason said:
I’d say around
16,750,000,000,000 transistors
Dec 11 | Dylan U said:
1050000000000 million
Dec 11 | JerWA said:
11ty billion!
Or perhaps 1,386,000,000,000,000 give or take a few zeros.
Dec 11 | Marty said:
340,135,186,387,972
Dec 11 | Chris said:
57,859,200,000,000,001 Transistors
Dec 11 | Allan Shotts said:
18,062,400 Billion Transistors, give or take 10,000
Dec 11 | exo said:
52,169,733,000,000,000
Dec 11 | Ben Jenkins said:
836 000 000 000 000
Dec 11 | b cross said:
851,542,054,002,000,000
Dec 11 | Wes said:
222,222,222,222,222,222,222,222
Dec 11 | Kar Meng said:
6,798,580,000 +/-10%
Dec 11 | KM said:
12,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 11 | aaron martinez said:
6.5 quintillion transistors
Dec 11 | George Stelle said:
3*10^16
Dec 11 | Troy said:
5,880,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 12 | Lawrence said:
8.5 x 10^16
Dec 12 | Jason Cain Cross said:
113,258,372,856,211,318
that’s one hundred thirteen quadrillion, two hundred fifty eight trillion, three hundred seventy two billion, eight hundred fifty six million, two hundred eleven thousand, three hundred eighteen.
this is coincidentally the same number in my bank account…when I am asleep…and dreaming.
:-D
Dec 12 | Justin Almeida said:
703,881,000,050,000,013
Dec 12 | Sophal Tea said:
1,105,700,000,000 Transisters
Dec 12 | Jeff said:
186,286,386,486,586,686
Dec 12 | Karol said:
11,550,000,000,000,000
Dec 12 | Bob said:
999,000,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 12 | Mike said:
8.925x10^17
Dec 12 | Rich said:
21,278,952,883,572,041
Dec 12 | adam said:
5,000,000,000,000,001
Dec 12 | Nathan said:
10,200,000,000,000,000
Dec 13 | Robert said:
16,203,200,000,000,000 transistors!
Dec 14 | Alfred said:
291,000,000,000,000,000
Dec 14 | Phillip said:
1.3*10^9 Transistors
Dec 14 | Joseph said:
Because the Yorfield Penryn was 820million xistors (says HardOCP) per cpu, we’ll guess an average of 531522971.827599499542154243 xistors per chip shipped (because Intel also ships lots of smaller and older CPUs, and the outliers will change the average greatly). Guestimates from various market segments (microprocessors and old cpus, netbooks, laptops, desktops, servers) adjusting for chip counts, leads to the total guesstimate equation of 531,522,971.827599499542154243(31,920,033+(34,792,318)+(3/4(32,921,032)2.15)+2,299,0261.753), giving 59,239,318,241,393,361
Dec 14 | Aaron said:
65,000,000,000,000
Dec 14 | Edwin said:
758 546 985 135 479
Dec 14 | Rebecca said:
475,000,000,000
Dec 17 | Jon C said:
So who won?
Dec 19 | Esther Andrews said:
This contest ended on December 15 at 12:01pm PST. No more entries were accepted after that time. We are still in the process of confirming the eligibility of the winner. We will announce the winner shortly.
Dec 20 | Jeremiah Allen said:
“This winner will have seven days (December 22, 12:01 p.m. PST) to acknowledge and accept the award.”
So since you have not yet announced the winner, I guess that doesn’t leave them much time to accept the prize when you do announce it…common, tell us who is closest already!
Dec 22 | Esther Andrews said:
Congratulations to the unofficial winner of this contest, who will receive a $500 Amazon gift card - Fenwick Jeffrey of New Brunswick, Canada - with his entry of 20,275,500,698,321,756, which came the closest to the correct answer of 19,914,946,000,000,000.
Jan 06 | slugbug said:
Congrats to the winner! 19,914,946,000,000,000 would have been my guess if I was eligible to enter :-(