Intel's 45nm Chip due in 2007
The fingernail-sized memory chip is etched with 1 billion transistors that are only 45 nanometers wide -- about 1,000 times smaller than a red blood cell, said Mark Bohr, a leading Intel engineer.
Intel's recent release of the Core Duo processors feature processors made with a 65nm process. The smaller chip making process typically increases clock speeds and decreases costs and power consumption. Plans for the production of the 45nm chips are targeted for the second half of 2007.
Meanwhile, Apple's former chip-partner, IBM, had previously announced a partnership with Toppan Printing Co Ltd to jointly develop a 45-nm chip making process for production by mid-2007.
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Link: Intel produces 45nm chip
Description:: The chips are said to provide a 5x decrease in transistor leakage over 65nm chips, and a 20% improvement in switching speed. While these chips will not be shipping until mid-2007, the speed at which Intel cranks out faster chips is something very new and exciting to we Mac users who were saddled with the PPC roadmap which in recent years delivered only minor speed bumps every year or so.
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Wasn't the microchip industry getting it's collective ass handed to it by the transition to the 90nm process just about a year ago? I guess that whatever the problems were they really solved them! It would be exciting to see chip technology take off again, the rate of increase has been painfully slow in the past 2-3 years.
Yes and no.
Yes, but IBM was the great loser with the G5. They promised 3GHz, they got 2.2GHz and had to have them overclocked and watercooled at 2.5Ghz while Intel did get not only a speed increase but also DELIVERED those chips to their client while IBM simply couldn't ship any chip for a long time :rolleyes:
My decision to hold off buying a new Mac until 2007 is looking better and better.... :cool:
Or my decision to hold ONTO (Edited because my fingers were faster then my brain today. My original post made it sound like I was going to hold off until 2008! :eek: ) my MacBook until Fall 2008. Mmmm OLED display with a side of quad core goodness, and a dash of dual layer Blue-ray RW drives. :D
Or my decision to hold only my MacBook until Fall 2008. Mmmm OLED display with a side of quad core goodness, and a dash of dual layer Blue-ray RW drives. :D
Indeed - mmmm, smells like a recipe for sheer power! :D :cool:
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