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nikimcbee · 01-20-09, 03:48 AM

I don't see AMD going to 10mn anytime soon. All of the semiconductor vendors (AMAT, TEL, KLA, FEI, etc) dance to intel's beat. Escpecially if AMD truely goes fab-less, somebody has to pony up the money to buy the tool-sets that are capable of that level of manufacturing.

I don't remember what AMD's current spec is 65 nm or 45 nm. i think the i7 is XX nm, but I might be mistaken. Plus the i7 is using some new metal types that AMD is not (AMD is still using Cu process, which is old school).

AMD can't compete with this level of constant change, unfortunatly:
http://www.intel.com/technology/tick-tock/index.htm

http://www.intel.com/technology/arch...=tech_sil+32nm

AMD CMOS is 65 nm!
http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...7=&f8=&f9=&f10=

nevermind, just found this 45 nm
http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...f9=3600&f10=No

01-20-09, 03:48 AM	#9
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I don't see AMD going to 10mn anytime soon. All of the semiconductor vendors (AMAT, TEL, KLA, FEI, etc) dance to intel's beat. Escpecially if AMD truely goes fab-less, somebody has to pony up the money to buy the tool-sets that are capable of that level of manufacturing. I don't remember what AMD's current spec is 65 nm or 45 nm. i think the i7 is XX nm, but I might be mistaken. Plus the i7 is using some new metal types that AMD is not (AMD is still using Cu process, which is old school). AMD can't compete with this level of constant change, unfortunatly: http://www.intel.com/technology/tick-tock/index.htm http://www.intel.com/technology/arch...=tech_sil+32nm AMD CMOS is 65 nm! http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...7=&f8=&f9=&f10= nevermind, just found this 45 nm http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskto...f9=3600&f10=No __________________