Penryn, A day late, but a Dollar short?

[Daniel ~]

Written by Daniel
Tuesday, 07 August 2007
And The 45-nm Winner Isn't . . . Intel
Posted by Alexander Wolfe, Aug 7, 2007 08:16 AM » E-Mail
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If you've been following the quad-core wars, you know that Intel has repeatedly beaten AMD over the head with the news that it (Intel) will be first to market with 45-nm processors. What you didn't know is that both Intel and AMD have been beaten to the 45-nm punch by two companies, one of which you probably wouldn't suspect (the other one is an easy guess)... Front Page

[Áedán]

A general purpose CPU like the Core Dual et al is a little bit different to a CODEC or an ASIC, which tend to be a bit more dedicated (and smaller).

[keithwalton]

Its mass production that really counts, as well before the wafer lab went up in flames at southampton uni the experimental facility was producing silicon wafers at 10nm and below