Zachstar
02-10-09, 03:57 PM
The FIRST runs from the fab. Even I have to admit THAT is impressive quality control!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-demos-first-ever-32nm-processors/#comments
Intel had a little roadmap event today to shed some light on its massive $7b fab investment (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-invests-7-billion-in-stateside-32nm-manufacturing/), and the focus was mostly on the upcoming transition to 32nm processors -- highlighted by the first-ever demo of a working 32nm Nehalem-based Westmere (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/04/intel-touts-20x-less-power-hungry-umpcs-lays-out-processor-road/) chip. It was just a demo, so there aren't any hard benchmarks available, but eventually the tech will show up in the Calpella (http://engadget.com/tag/calpella) platform's dual-core Clarkdale laptop processors that integrate two processor cores, a graphics core, and a memory controller all in a chip the size of one 45nm quad-core Clarksfield (http://engadget.com/tag/clarksfield) chip. (Yes, the codenames are confusing as hell.) Intel wouldn't lock down the schedule for any of this stuff, but when we asked them about the rumored Calpella delays (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-puts-the-freeze-on-notebook-prices-ponders-calpella-delay/) we heard about this morning we were told that parts of the platform will definitely go into production sometime in 2009. Video, slides, and the full press release after the break.
It may not be an AMD killer but it seems pretty damn close to it.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-demos-first-ever-32nm-processors/#comments
Intel had a little roadmap event today to shed some light on its massive $7b fab investment (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-invests-7-billion-in-stateside-32nm-manufacturing/), and the focus was mostly on the upcoming transition to 32nm processors -- highlighted by the first-ever demo of a working 32nm Nehalem-based Westmere (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/04/intel-touts-20x-less-power-hungry-umpcs-lays-out-processor-road/) chip. It was just a demo, so there aren't any hard benchmarks available, but eventually the tech will show up in the Calpella (http://engadget.com/tag/calpella) platform's dual-core Clarkdale laptop processors that integrate two processor cores, a graphics core, and a memory controller all in a chip the size of one 45nm quad-core Clarksfield (http://engadget.com/tag/clarksfield) chip. (Yes, the codenames are confusing as hell.) Intel wouldn't lock down the schedule for any of this stuff, but when we asked them about the rumored Calpella delays (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/10/intel-puts-the-freeze-on-notebook-prices-ponders-calpella-delay/) we heard about this morning we were told that parts of the platform will definitely go into production sometime in 2009. Video, slides, and the full press release after the break.
It may not be an AMD killer but it seems pretty damn close to it.