Tuesday, March 4th 2008
AMD Demos 45nm Native Quad-Core Processors
AMD demonstrated at the CeBit electronics exhibition its first 45nm quad-core chips running multiple operating systems and a range of processing intensive applications. The processors were produced in Dresden, Germany, in AMD's Fab 36 300mm manufacturing facility, using an advanced 45nm process co-developed with IBM.
AMD 45nm transistors are engineered to enable greater performance-per-watt capabilities in AMD processors and platforms. AMD combines new processes and materials with leading edge technologies, such as immersion lithography and AMD's fourth-generation strained silicon, for a highly-manufacturable, highly-efficient production process.
This important milestone is the first of many as AMD moves toward delivery of 45nm products later this year. The first 45nm chips demonstrated by AMD include the "Shanghai" product for server and "Deneb" for desktop platforms.
For additional information on AMD's 45nm process technology, please visit www.amd.com/45nm/presskit.
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AMD 45nm transistors are engineered to enable greater performance-per-watt capabilities in AMD processors and platforms. AMD combines new processes and materials with leading edge technologies, such as immersion lithography and AMD's fourth-generation strained silicon, for a highly-manufacturable, highly-efficient production process.
This important milestone is the first of many as AMD moves toward delivery of 45nm products later this year. The first 45nm chips demonstrated by AMD include the "Shanghai" product for server and "Deneb" for desktop platforms.
For additional information on AMD's 45nm process technology, please visit www.amd.com/45nm/presskit.
31 Comments on AMD Demos 45nm Native Quad-Core Processors
Price drops on the way people!
If AMD isn't Intels competition, then Intel doesn't have any competition.
AMD has had a different view point as of lately, better prices for a little less preformance.
Intel is...Better preformance with a bigger price tag.
I'm not going into 300mhz benchmark gains on intel or anything. :laugh::slap:
If the price is right, i see no reason why they won't be competitive.
The Denreb seems just a die-shrunk Barcelona. There hasn't been much of a stop gap between the release of Barcelona and this news surfacing. Funny part is the Barcelona chips are either recalled or out-of-stock or out-of-production batch schedule. No e-tailer I've come across is stocking Barcelona chips. Something tells me they're re badging them to Agena or that they're in a hurry to bring Denreb out.....each time AMD makes such an announcement, its stocks go up in the stock-markets.
we now need side by side pics of AMDs 45nm and Intels, then see which looks the sickest :)
good to see the underdogs have a demo product.
price drops are good for everybody, has amd managed to get that phenom bug fixed btw? im not sure i havent read much about amd for a while.